Love is a racket
a novel
1st ed.
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Word Count
73,750 words, Guess
Page Count
295 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveloveisracketnove00ridl
- ISBN-100375401423
- ISBN-139780375401428
- LibraryThing1070835
- Goodreads2893458
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3568.I3598 L68 1998
Description
Everything's a racket for Jeffty Kittridge, a thirty-seven-year-old ex-wannabe scriptwriter living on the skids in Hollywood - the two-bit cons he pulls for spending money; the way he convinces himself that he's not a drunk between every shot of booze he kicks back; the way he tries to assure Dumas, the local shark, that he's just about to pay off his 15K debt...Except he's not good at any of that. The fact is, Jeffty's a loser, big as they come, and things aren't about to change up for him anytime soon. Then he stumbles on salvation: a dirt-caked, street-hardened, exquisitely beautiful young homeless woman named Mona - Jeffty prefers to think of her as Angel - who inspires both his love and the idea for the perfect con. It's Jeffty's chance to hit it big, and to be set for good in his new life with his new love. "The thing about love," Jeffty declares, "is no matter how twisted, or wrong, or evil, it never dies." But as the momentum of the con carries him closer and closer to what he imagines will be a moment of blissed-out consummation with his angel Mona, Jeffty discovers there are some severe exceptions to his rule.
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