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Lädt ... The Low Desert: Gangster Storiesvon Tod Goldberg
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Goldberg's stories, set in the "Gangsterland Universe", are interesting and well-written, but lacking in conclusions in many cases. I'm not sure how much anyone who hasn't read the first two novels in the Gangsterland series would even appreciate these stories, which fill in the gaps in the life stories of some of the series' non-leading characters. The settings, especially the Salton Sea, are very well done, however. And Johnny Heller is the perfect narrator for Goldberg. ( ) This a a great collection of (mostly) Coachella Valley-based short stories. Several are connected to others, tied together with the same characters or the same crime organization. Most take place at least partly in the Coachella Valley, where it isv ery hot. Coachella Valley blinding sunshine hot. Salton Sea stinky hot. And while these are solid crime stories, they also explore grief and regret, aging and moving on, remembering different times in the same place. Several of them are quite heartbreaking. All of these stories are good. My favorites were Goon Number Four, and the various stories involving Tania. ——— Thanks to NetGalley and Counterpoint Press for providing me with an egalley of this book. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe, a series called "gloriously original" by The New York Times Book Review. With gimlet-eyed cool and razor-sharp wit, these spare, stylish stories from a master of modern crime fiction assemble a world of gangsters and con men, of do-gooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. 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 unexplainable loss of an adopted daughter; a drug dealer with a penchant for karaoke meets a talkative lawyer and a silent clown in a Palm Springs bar. Witty, brutal, and fast-paced, these stories expand upon the saga of Chicago hitman-turned-Vegas-Rabbi Sal Cupertineâ??first introduced in Gangsterland and continued in Gangster Nationâ??while revealing how the line between good and bad is often a m Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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