The Low Desert

Gangster Stories

By: Tod Goldberg

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe, a series called "gloriously original" by the New York Times Book Review.

With gimlet-eyed cool and razor-sharp wit, these spare, stylish stories from a master of modern-crime fiction assemble a world of gangsters and con men, of do-gooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. The uncle of an FBI agent spends his life as sheriff in different cities, living too close to the violent acts of men; a cocktail waitress moves through several desert towns trying to escape the unexplainable loss of an adopted daughter; a drug dealer with a penchant for karaoke meets a talkative lawyer and a silent clown in a Palm Springs bar.

Witty, brutal, and fast-paced, these stories expand upon the saga of Chicago hitman-turned-Vegas-rabbi Sal Cupertine - first introduced in Gangsterland and continued in Gangster Nation - while revealing how the line between good and bad is often a mirage.

©2021 Tod Goldberg (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Tod Goldberg is awesome.

amazing story telling. and the narrator brings out every character and draws you in. top notch.

excellent

superb short gangster fiction and outstanding narrator. will be looking for more by author and narrator.

pretty good

not as good as the first 2 books of the series, but I still enjoyed it.

Very entertaining and well written

A series of interconnected vignettes with a street wise voice and wry humor. Well performed. I enjoyed it very much, may read or listen again.

Great listen!!!!!

loving this guy's stuff with every listen. Great job intertwining first two books. As always Johhny Heller crushes it!!!!!!!!!