Swanns Way Out, Charles Salzberg
Swanns Way Out, Charles Salzberg
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Swann's Way Out

Author: Charles Salzberg

Narrator: Steve Marvel

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/08/2023


Synopsis

A friendly poker game leads Henry Swann out to Hollywood where he tries to find the man, Rusty Jacobs, responsible for embezzling $1,000,000 from his client, and then bring back the dough. Swann finds Jacobs, but the mercurial wannabe film producer is involved in a "surefire" movie project aimed at the growing Christian market. And the money? Well, it seems to have vanished into thin air.

At the same time, thanks to his irrepressible partner, Goldblatt, Swann finds himself knee-deep in the New York City art world, as he tries to get justice for another client who's possibly been defrauded on the purchase of a valuable painting that may or may not be a fake.

As if this isn't enough to keep him busy, in the midst of these two troubling cases, Swann finds that the teenage son whom he hasn't seen in a dozen years has run away from his grandparent's Minnesota home and, chasing after a girl, has possibly become involved with a cult. And so, a guilt-ridden Swann has to take time out from his paying cases to find his son.

About Charles Salzberg

A celebrated and popular creative writing teacher, Charles Salzberg has been a visiting professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, the Writer's Voice and the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a founding member. He is a consulting editor at the webzine Ducts.org and co-host, with Jonathan Kravetz, of the reading series, Trumpet Fiction, at KGB in New York City. His freelance work has appeared in such publications as Esquire, New York magazine, GQ, Elle, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, the New York Times arts and leisure section, the New York Times Book Review and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on April 16, 2017

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. A loser redneck private eye, who is based in New York City, finds himself involved in the Hollywood film industry. At the same time, he is hired to investigate an art swindle. Plus, his estranged son joins what looks to be a cult. Not bad, but reminded me a litt......more

Goodreads review by Grace on April 18, 2017

Henry Swann is approached by new guy Stan Katz at his regular poker game to track down Rusty Jacobs. Jacobs has run off with a $1 million dollars of their clients' money and investment banker Katz is in trouble. Swann reluctantly takes the case and his main lead comes via the woman who introduced Ja......more