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. 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. Soon the new cemetery is being used as both a money and body-laundering scheme for the Chicago family. Yet, as it turns out, the Mafia isn't quite done with him yet. A wickedly dark and funny gangster novel that aspires to the heights of Elmore Leonard set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who.

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. A few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. Gangsterland is the wickedly dark and funny new novel by a writer at the height of his powera morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. It’s the richly absurd prose-in conjunction with a compelling crime story where Sal is on the run from a government agent-that makes Gangsterland a notable new novel, and Goldberg a writer to watch.'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.

“Religious places freaked Rabbi David Cohen out,” we learn early on in the narrative. For Sal-who now goes by the name of Rabbi David Cohen-being a spiritual leader is not even partially symbolic: it’s strictly and calculatingly a front. The hit man, of course, is too far gone as a criminal to begin to walk the path of enlightenment, and his associates would be disenchanted if he did. They put money down to enlist a doctor to perform facial rearrangement procedures offsite, which leads to discomfort for Sal as he heals in the midst of learning the Talmud. Gangster Nation: A Novel (Gangsterland Book 2) Tod Goldberg (265) Kindle Edition 11.99 About the Author Tod Goldberg is the author of the crime-tinged novels Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat, and the popular Burn Notice series. A couple of his partners with a financial interest in continuing to utilize his services arrange for Sal to travel west. If you were an accomplished mafia hit man from Chicago in need of a place to hide, how would you solve the problem? In Tod Goldberg’s novel Gangsterland, Sal Cupertine troubleshoots the issue by becoming a rabbi in Las Vegas.

Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg