Gangsterland

Praise for Gangsterland: Criminal Element, 1 of 15 Crime Novels as Funny as They Are Gritty “In his plotting, dialogue and empathy for the bad guys, Goldberg aspires to the heights of Elmore Leonard. For those who miss the master, Gangsterland is a high–grade substitute.” —New York Times Daily Review “…[a] cleverly spun novel that forced me to abandon my wiseguy moratorium. Goldberg has an amusing flair for contemporary hard–boil, and he knows his crime and crime–fighting procedures.” —Las Vegas Weekly “As sharp as a straight razor. But a lot more fun. Count me a huge fan.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel “Gangsterland is rich with complex and meaty characters, but its greatest strength is that it never pulls a punch, never holds back, and never apologizes for life's absurdities. If this novel were a person, you could ask it for a bookie.” —Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Fifth Assassin “Tod Goldberg is a one–of–a–kind writer, and this is his best novel to date. Harrowing, funny, wise, and heretical,Gangsterland is everything a thriller should be.”—T. Jefferson Parker, author of Full Measure “Let's get this part out of the way: Gangsterland is a thriller, and provides a crackling good read for any fan of the genre. But the truth is, to call this book merely a thriller is inaccurate. It's also a whip–smart comedy, a sublime morality play, and a gleefully blasphemous investigation of what and why we worship. There's something for everyone here. Just make sure you set aside a good chunk of time, because once you start reading you won't want to stop.” —Ron Currie, Jr., author of God is Dead “Clearly influenced by the great Elmore Leonard, Goldberg puts his own dry comic spin on the material…Clever plotting, a colorful cast of characters, and priceless situations make this comedic crime novel an instant classic.” —Kirkus, Starred Review “Goldberg injects Talmudic wisdom and a hint of Springsteen into the workings of organized crime and FBI investigative techniques and makes it all work splendidly.”—Publishers Weekly Starred Review “ The Mafia plus the Torah makes for a darkly funny and suspenseful morality tale...[Goldberg] can spin a good yarn.” —The Millions “Sal's transformation—and intermittent edification—into Rabbi Cohen is brilliantly rendered, and Goldberg's careening plot, cast of memorably dubious characters, and mordant portrait of Las Vegas make this one of the year's best hard–boiled crime novels.”—Booklist, Starred Review “Goldberg's new book is clever bordering on wise, like Get Shorty on antacid.” — David Kipen, Los Angeles Magazine “Gangsterland is Tod Goldberg at the height of his hilarious and incisive and hell–bent powers as a writer of who we are and what we thought we wanted and how we tried to stay alive in America —if we were insanely funny and contemplative hit men. No one does Vegas, the desert, money, and mayhem like Goldberg. I stayed up six nights in a row reading, unable to put this book down because I couldn't wait to see how he'd play each card.” —Susan Straight, author of Between Heaven and Here “Infinitely readable, infinitely funny, and infinitely better than anything else you'll read this year!” —Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries and the basis for A&E's hit series Longmire “This ribbing of contemporary Jewish life — or taste&#