Gangster Nation: A Novel [Paperback]

Sal Cupertine is backand better than ever. I love this guy. Lee Child,New York Timesbestselling author ofPersonal: A Jack Reacher Novel

Gangster Nationis a razor. It will slice you open and reveal your insides. And like the best of Tod Goldberg's work, it'll show you everything you are at your core. Brad Meltzer,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe President's Shadow

The sequel to the wickedly dark Hammett Prize-finalistGangsterland, an unexpected, page-turning examination of the seedy foundations of American life

It's been two years since the events ofGangsterland, when legendary Chicago hitman Sal Cupertine disappeared into the guise of Vegas Rabbi David Cohen. In September of 2001, Rabbi Cohens temple is thriving. The mortuary and cemeterywhere Cohen has been laundering bodies for the mobis minting cash. But Sal wants out. Hes got money stashed in safe-deposit boxes all over the city. He only needs to make it through the High Holidays, and hell have enough to escape Vegas, grab his wife and kid in Chicago, and start fresh.

Across the country, former FBI agent Matthew Drew is running security for an Indian-owned Casino outside of Milwaukee, looking for vengeance for the murder of his partner. So when Sals cousin stumbles into the casino one night, Matthew takes the law into his own handsagainnot knowing that the Native American mob, led by an enigmatic assassin named Peaches, plans to take over the Chicago Family. Into his crosshairs fall Sals wife and son, unprotected as the structure of the Chicago mob falls away.

When the horrible events of 9/11 occur, and the authorities move all of their resources to battle this new enemy, all the gangsters in the nation know they have free reign to run wild. This powder keg threatens to expose Rabbi Cohen, with the post-9/11 world closing in around him.

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