Gangsters Dont Die, Tod Goldberg
Gangsters Dont Die, Tod Goldberg
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Gangsters Don't Die

Author: Tod Goldberg

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2023


Synopsis

Mafia hit-man-turned-rabbi Sal Cupertine is ready to get out of the life. But it's not going to be easy. His once-brilliant plan to pass himself off as Rabbi David Cohen is unraveling. Enemies on both sides of the law are hot on his trail. His wife and son are unreachable in witness protection and are probably in danger. In order to find his family, get out of the desert alive, and salvage his long-sought-after happy ending, Sal is going to have to confront some very bad people from his past.

Native American kingpin Peaches Pocotillo has wrested control of Chicago's mob family while expanding his criminal empire in the west, and now seeks to settle an old score with Sal. These two antiheroes have a history that stretches back decades, and the blood feud between Peaches and Sal will lead them to a violent showdown deep in the heart of the low desert.

As complications cast old revelations in a new light, including one that stretches back to the long-ago death of Sal's infamous gangster father Dark Billy Cupertine, Sal must team up with some unlikely allies—and confront the reality of who he has become—in this stunning conclusion to the popular and critically acclaimed Gangsterland trilogy.

About Tod Goldberg

Tod Goldberg is the author of more than a dozen books, including Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; The House of Secrets, coauthored with Brad Meltzer; and Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Las Vegas Weekly, and The Best American Essays, among other publications. He lives in Indio, California, where he directs the low-residency MFA in creative writing and writing for the performing arts at the University of California, Riverside.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen greer on September 22, 2023

This is one very powerful series. It is not for the faint of heart. This book is chock full of violence as you would expect from a book about gangsters. The author also weaves religion into the story and it just fits. This book is very fast paced and action packed with so many twists and turn. It le......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on September 27, 2023

Fantastic series. The characters are wonderful and the plot is gripping. The writer’s style is great, with frequent humor thrown in. I expected this to be the last in the series, but it might not be…......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 07, 2023

I waffled between 4 and 5 stars. If you like mob movies, books and culture you would be hard pressed to find something disagreeable with this book. It’s tight. A well-paced mafia tale with lots of violence, loyalty and betrayal. A great recipe. Sal Cupertine, Family hitman, is coming to the end of h......more

Goodreads review by Shan on April 09, 2024

Gangster stories aren't my usual reading but I enjoyed this one. I saw the author at the Tucson Festival of Books, talking about writing the antihero; he was funny and informative and I was interested in what he said about writing gangster characters - people can't walk away from the consequences of......more

Goodreads review by Carl on March 20, 2024

I'm glad I finished . . . and I'm glad to be finished. The violence after three novels took on a cartoonish flair. In one particularly gruesome scene, Sal/David blows up a warehouse storing body parts to be sold to medical facilities, both legit and otherwise. First a description of heads lined up l......more