The Golden Gizmo
By: Jim Thompson.
Edition: Black Lizard edition
Series: Vintage Crime
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780375700323
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.; Gold smuggling -- Fiction.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Toddy Kent was born with a talent for finding easy money, but Toddy's gift has the habit of deserting him when he needs it most. When he discovers a seemingly limitless ( and illicit) source of pure gold, Toddy's wife suddenly is murdered and he himself is on the run from a sinister man with no chin and a singing Doberman.