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Gangsterland
Gangsterland: A Novel | Tod Goldberg
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Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. Leading his growing congregation in Las Vegas, overseeing the population and the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past slipping away from him, surprising even himself as he spouts quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament. Yet, as it turns out, the Mafia isn't quite done with him yet. Soon the new cemetery is being used as both a money and body-laundering scheme for the Chicago family. And that rogue FBI agent on his trail, seeking vengeance for the murder of his three fellow agents, isn't going to let Sal fade so easily into the desert. Gangsterland is the wickedly dark and funny new novel by a writer at the height of his power a morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it.
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mesquite
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Wickedly good book about a mobster gone into hiding and the ex-FBI agent who is doggedly hunting him down. With bits of dry wit and action to boot, this book is a great one. Book 1 in a 3 part series so far. 4⭐️

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RamsFan1963
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26/150 I listened to the audiobook version of The Low Desert last year and really enjoyed it, so I thought I should go back and read Goldberg's previous gangster novels. They're darkly humorous, definitely not glamorizing the mafia, hit men or the life of crime. It can be a little gory at times, but never used to simply gross out the reader. Now on to the next book in the series, Gangster Nation. 5 💰💰💰💰💰

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Brooke_H
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Mafia hitman Sal Cupertino has a rare error of judgement and kills some FBI agents. Oops. His guys smuggle him to Vegas, and after a whole bunch of plastic surgery, Sal becomes Rabbi David Cohen. This premise is absurd AF, but it was exceptionally engaging and entertaining. Loved it and can't wait to read Gangster Nation, the next in this...series? Trilogy? However many there are, I'm there for them.

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Brooke_H
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I try to squeeze in a few minutes of reading every morning, but I‘m not always able to. My reading time has diminished since I started working at the library. Irony.

DivineDiana Definitely ironic!!😳 3y
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PaperbackPirate
Gangsterland: A Novel | Tod Goldberg
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Today‘s #BoundTogetherJune prompt is #Vacation!
This was taken on a trip to Las Vegas for a friend‘s wedding Spring Break 2018. We only live 5 hours away so we were burned out on Vegas and hadn‘t been there in 10 years. We had so much fun though we decided it could go back on the list. Taken from our room in Treasure Island, or as the yougins call it now, T.I. I wish we could go back this weekend!
Awesome book btw! I need to read the sequel!

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PaperbackPirate
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I never thought I would read a book about the mob, but the author told me Gangsterland was going to be the best book I‘ve ever read so I had to give it a try.
Sal is a mob hit man hiding out in Las Vegas as a Jewish rabbi. This unique idea combined with engaging story telling kept me turning pages in all of my spare moments to the very end. I look forward to reading the other 2 books in the trilogy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ not the “best book ever” but v.g.!

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Beckys_Books
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Sal Cupertine is a Chicago mafia hit man who becomes Rabbi David Cohen in Las Vegas. Is he a good bad guy or a bad good guy? Still don't know after an action packed 376 pages, but it looks like there will be a sequel.

tjwill Do you listen to the podcast that Tod Goldberg cohosts, Literary Disco? I have been wanting to read one of his books. 7y
Beckys_Books @tjwill I do listen to Literary Disco. One episode mentioned an award he was nominated for this book but lost to Stephen King. That's when I decided to read it. 7y
tjwill @Beckys_Books Oh yes, I remember that! 7y
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Quirkybooknerd
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Don't look now! There are mobsters behind us!

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GuiltyFeat
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I picked this after listening to Tod on Literary Disco which is one of the better book podcasts available. It has a satisfyingly dark heart with a Talmudic twist that you don't find in many crime novels about hit men and the Mafia. Rabbi David Cohen is definitely one of the more unexpected anti-heroes in modern noir.

susanw Best podcast. I believe he's writing a sequel to this. 8y
GuiltyFeat @susanw Awesome. I'm definitely up for a sequel. 8y
ultrabookgeek I love that podcast! Are they on hiatus? I haven't seen an update recently. 8y
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GuiltyFeat
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Flown in to London for the weekend and I finished my book on the plane.

Fortunately, I planned ahead and had a few books delivered to my Mum's waiting for me.

LauraBrook 😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 8y
LeahBergen That should do for the weekend! 😉 8y
ReadingOver50 Great idea 👍 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Holy cats! 8y
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