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Synopsis
Combining elements of classic noir, dark comedy, and a misfit's memoir reminiscent of Notes from the Underground, Christopher Goffard, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, brings life to the darker side of west coast counter-culture in a literary crime n
“Everyone knows that California sunshine is the world’s loneliest light,” says Benny, who inhabits an underworld of desperados and grotesques and spends much of his free time at the Greasy Tuesday, a squalid, southern California neighborhood dive teeming with local legends. One night, one of these legends walks through the door: Gus “Mad Dog” Miller, a huge, tattoo-laden Vietnam vet who sports a necklace of severed ears and whose job at the Greasy Tuesday is “to keep the riffraff out.” “But everyone's riffraff here,” Benny protests. But Benny, our morally ambiguous hero, soon finds himself transfixed by this twisted Falstaffian personality, and six months later Benny is arrested on suspicion of double murder."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Christopher Goffard, a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his three-part series in the St. Petersburg Times chronicling a public defender's rookie year. Snitch Jacket, a finalist for the 2008 Edgar® Award for Best First Novel, is Christopher Goffard's first novel. He lives with his family in southern California.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Everyone knows that California sunshine is the world's loneliest light, says Benny, who inhabits an underworld of desperados and grotesques and spends much of his free time at the Greasy Tuesday, a squalid, southern California neighborhood dive teeming with local legends. One night, one of these legends walks through the door: Gus Mad Dog Miller, a huge, tattoo-laden Vietnam vet who sports a necklace of severed ears and whose job at the Greasy Tuesday is to keep the riffraff out. But everyone's riffraff here, Benny protests. But Benny, our morally ambiguous hero, soon finds himself transfixed by this twisted Falstaffian personality, and six months later Benny is arrested on suspicion of double murder. Seller Inventory # 00107336194
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