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Mrs. Bonneville Never Buckled Her Seat Belt, Even Though It Was Required By State Law; An Ardent Libertarian, She Opposed Government Meddling In All Matters Of Personal Choice.

There's This False Notion That This Is A Regional Phenomenon, When In Fact Every State In The Union Has Hardcore Rednecks. No Exceptions.

Mickey Cray Had Been Out Of Work Ever Since A Dead Iguana Fell From A Palm Tree And Hit Him On The Head.

The Thieves Of Manhattan Is A Sly And Cutting Riff On The Book-publishing World That Is Quite Funny Unless You Happen To Be An Author, In Which Case The Novel Will Make You Consider A More Sensible Profession-like Being A Rodeo Clown, For Example, Or A Crab-fisherman In The Bering Sea.

A Bonus, Being A Writer, Is That The True-life Source Material Is Fabulously Bizarre. There's So Much Corruption, Violence And Free-floating Depravity That The Well Never Runs Dry, Whether You're A Novelist, A Journalist, Or Both.