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* Description * "Lefcourt is good about all the ways we are bad." --Diane Sawyer "Elmore Leonard, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler are spreading the word in that celestial realm reserved for hard-boiled thriller writers. Peter Lefcourt's Purgatory Gardens is hilarious, touching, beautifully written, and engaging throughout. What's more, Purgatory Gardens is a hard-hitting but good-natured satire of just about everything that makes us Americans. Two thumbs up for this fine and very funny novel." --Howard Frank Mosher "Wickedly clever and wildly entertaining, Purgatory Gardens is crime fiction raised to a high art. Murder, lust and intrigue have never been more engaging or more fun. I enjoyed every page. It simply doesn't get any better than this." --Peter Quinn, author of Dry s "A hilarious dose of desert decadence! Peter Lefcourt's finely-etched characters manipulate and conspire against one another against the sun-drenched backdrop of Palm Springs. Lust, murder and secrets collide on golf courses, in condos and at 4PM dinners to create a perfect tale of a trio of just-past-their-prime connivers looking for one more second chance. Purgatory Gardens is the perfect pool-side book you've been looking for!" --Paul Malmont, author of The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown "Lefcourt had me chuckling throughout . . . Purgatory Gardens is a light-hearted read that will both lift your spirits and make you hope that your own retirement will be nothing like the one portrayed." --Alan Jacobson, New York Journal of Books "Lefcourt deftly plays this twisted tale of romance among senior citizens for laughs. . . . Emmy-winner Lefcourt, who has written and produced for both TV and film, delivers a novel ready-made for the movies." --Publisher's Weekly Praise for Peter Lefcourt: "Peter Lefcourt does for Hollywood what Christopher Buckley does for Washington: sticking pins in all the right places." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times, for The Manhattan Beach Project "A cast of colorful, memorable characters and dexterous, witty writing make this a laugh-out-loud, thoroughly enjoyable novel." --Publishers Weekly, for The Deal "An almost irresistible idea for a comic novel. In Lefcourt's deft hands, it becomes a thoroughly enjoyable send-up of professional baseball . . . pointed and poignant at the same time." --The Los Angeles Times, for The Dreyfus AffairEdition: Reprint Number of Pages: 240 Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres Sub-Genre: Crime Format: Paperback Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Author: Peter Lefcourt Language: English Estimated shipping dimensions: 5.56INCH X 8.25INCH X 1.0INCH DPCI : 248-53-7303 UPC : 9781510725652 TCIN : 53077212 Estimated shippimg weight: 0.7POUND