From: Las Vegas Noir ed. Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce. Akashic Books, 2008.
Fifteen years into his assumed identity as a Las Vegas rabbi, former Chicago mob hitman Sal Cupertine is fed up with the phoniness and monotony of his new life. After officiating at the fake funeral of policeman Vincent Castiglione, now known as Vincent Castleberg, Sal decides to steal the cop's identity and make a play to return to Chicago.
Showing the complexity of Sal's feelings and the depth of his despair, Goldberg makes readers care about a killer.
1 comment:
Wow. I would never have had the guts to turn a hitman into a rabbi. Sounds like a story worth looking up.
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