Raymond Carver meets Elmore Leonard in this extraordinary collection of contemporary crime writing set in the critically acclaimed Gangsterland universe a series called gloriously original by The New York Times Book Review. With gimleteyed cool and razorsharp wit these spare stylish stories from a master of modern crime fiction assemble a world of gangsters and con men of dogooders breaking bad and those caught in the crossfire. The uncle of an FBI agent spends his life as sheriff in differen