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Author:

Goldberg, Tod, author.

Title:

The low desert : gangster stories / Tod Goldberg.

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Counterpoint,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

289 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Criminals--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Gangsters--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
Short stories.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections

Contents:

Gangway. The low desert -- Palm Springs -- The spare -- Goon number four -- The last good man -- Pilgrims -- Mazel -- Professor rainmaker -- The salt -- Ragtown -- Gangway.

Summary:

"With gimlet eyed cool and razor sharp wit, The Low Desert explores both the depravity and humanity at the heart of Tod Goldberg's critically acclaimed gangster universe, first introduced in Gangsterland, continued in Gangster Nation, and expanded here with all-new and returning characters. The uncle of an FBI agent spends his life as sheriff in different cities, living too close to the violent acts of men; a cocktail waitress moves through several desert towns trying to escape the loss of an adopted daughter who went missing under unexplained circumstances; a drug dealer with a penchant for karaoke and a bullet hole in his foot meets a talkative lawyer and a silent clown in a Palm Springs bar. These surprising and thrilling stories from a master of modern crime fiction elaborate and enrich the dynamic Sal Cupertine/Rabbi David Cohen gangster universe"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1640093362
9781640093362

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154074794

LCCN:

2020021014

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

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DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)