01468cam a2200301 4500 551813655 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 220317s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781640095267 PAP 16.95 1640095268 PAP 16.95 TxAuBib Goldberg, Tod. The low desert [BOOK] : gangster stories / Tod Goldberg. Pbk. ed. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2022. 289 pages ; 21 cm. The royal Californian -- The low desert -- Palm Springs -- The spare -- Goon number four -- The last good man -- Pilgrims -- Mazel -- Professor Rainmaker -- The salt -- Ragtown -- Gangway. In this razor-sharp collection of crime stories set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe of Chicago-hitman-turned-Vegas-rabbi Sal Cupertine, gangsters and con men mingle with do-gooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. Witty, brutal, and fast paced, The Low Desert reveals how the line between good and bad is often only a mirage. -- Cover page 4. 20220413. Suspense fiction, American. Organized crime Fiction. Criminals Fiction. Gangsters Fiction. Short stories. Mystery fiction. Noir fiction.