Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
Gangster Nation is a page-turning examination of the seedy foundations of American life. With the wit and gritty glamour that defines his writing, Goldberg traces how the things we value most in life - home, health, even our sprituality - have been built on the enterprises of criminals.It's been two years since legendary...
Goldberg's new novel is every bit as entertaining and at least as quirky as its predecessor - not an out-and-out comedy but certainly lighter than most books featuring organized crime figures and crazed law enforcers (although there are moments of memorable darkness)The book can be read as an installment in a series or as a stand-alone; Goldberg provides enough background to allow newbies to pick up the important plot threads -- David Pitt * Booklist *
a hypnotic and tense read which never lets go -- Maxim Jakubowski * Crime Time *
With verbal riffs that echo Pynchon and DeLillo - but funnier - this is hard-boiled violence on an ambitious scale * The Times *
as hardboiled as noir gets, a litany of brutality and breath-taking cynicism that refuses to nod to the genre's conventions of justice and redemption -- Declan Burke * The Irish Times *
Comparisons with the master, Elmore Leonard, are in order and there can be no higher praise -- Chris Roberts * Crime Review *
a hypnotic and tense read which never lets go -- Maxim Jakubowski * Crime Time *
With verbal riffs that echo Pynchon and DeLillo - but funnier - this is hard-boiled violence on an ambitious scale * The Times *
as hardboiled as noir gets, a litany of brutality and breath-taking cynicism that refuses to nod to the genre's conventions of justice and redemption -- Declan Burke * The Irish Times *
Comparisons with the master, Elmore Leonard, are in order and there can be no higher praise -- Chris Roberts * Crime Review *
Tod Goldberg is the author of more than a dozen books, including Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; The House of Secrets, which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer; and the crime- tinged novels Living Dead Girl, an LA Times Book Prize finalist, and Fake Liar Cheat, plus five novels in the popular Burn Notice series. He is also the author of the story collection Simplify, a 2006 finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities. His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Las Vegas Weekly, and Best American Essays, and have won five Nevada Press Association Awards. He lives in Indio, California, where he directs the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857302144 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857302140 |
| Title | Gangster Nation |
| Author | Tod Goldberg |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2018-06-27 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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