<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>262414</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0446678694]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780446678698]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">262414</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">2</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">254360</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:8|5:0|4:2|3:3|2:1|1:2|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">8</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">21</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">14</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[2.62]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[5]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[1]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>153386</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Joe Gores]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153386.Joe_Gores]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.59</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>308</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>81</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="14" total="14">
      <review>
  <id>21864952</id>
    <user>
    <id>1149074</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nadine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lynn, MA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1149074-nadine]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210270370p3/1149074.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1210270370p2/1149074.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[mystery readers]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jul 12 09:52:46 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 08 11:17:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 12 09:52:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was what I call a &quot;potato chip&quot; book--not high literature, but fun, and you can't just read one page.  <br/><br/>It had colorful characters--you can't get more colorful than gypsies!-and a great San Franciso locale for atmosphere.  <br/><br/>And just as the title states, there are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21864952">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21864952]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21864952]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>16413554</id>
    <user>
    <id>220116</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ames, IA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/220116-mary-sue]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233086893p3/220116.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233086893p2/220116.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[no one]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[library book club]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 26 09:04:04 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 26 09:06:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Gypsys in California doing battle with a detective/repo agency and the cops.  I liked some of the characters, learned a lot about the gypsy or Rom culture. However, I got hopelessly lost 2/3 of the way into the book and never got things traightened out.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16413554]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16413554]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78492344</id>
    <user>
    <id>2965740</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jacob]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2965740-jacob]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 19:03:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 20 19:03:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78492344]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78492344]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>54949923</id>
    <user>
    <id>1386001</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Chris M.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cincinnati, OH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1386001-chris-m]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1217554272p3/1386001.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1217554272p2/1386001.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 04 16:34:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 04 16:34:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54949923]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54949923]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>54418394</id>
    <user>
    <id>2151770</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Brian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Johnson City, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2151770-brian-perry]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1248899929p3/2151770.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1248899929p2/2151770.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 29 17:35:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 29 17:35:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54418394]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54418394]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>42628822</id>
    <user>
    <id>1819167</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Renee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Fort Worth, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1819167-renee]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229792607p3/1819167.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229792607p2/1819167.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 19:18:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 19:18:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42628822]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42628822]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>38497638</id>
    <user>
    <id>41292</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jed]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Las Vegas, NV]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41292-jed]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261773194p3/41292.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261773194p2/41292.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 27 15:07:54 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 23 19:35:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 27 15:07:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38497638]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38497638]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>37088636</id>
    <user>
    <id>1571021</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Diane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1571021-diane]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 06 21:11:48 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 06 21:11:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37088636]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37088636]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>32255911</id>
    <user>
    <id>1503969</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1503969-robert]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 07 11:08:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 07 11:08:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32255911]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32255911]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>29032488</id>
    <user>
    <id>1348530</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1348530-mike]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 01 21:51:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 01 21:51:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29032488]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29032488]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>24524801</id>
    <user>
    <id>739853</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/739853-steve]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Mar 22 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 14 21:42:45 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 14 21:42:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24524801]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24524801]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>14741650</id>
    <user>
    <id>811966</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Richard]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/811966-richard]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201018625p3/811966.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201018625p2/811966.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="mystery" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 06 11:56:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 06 11:56:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14741650]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14741650]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>11234390</id>
    <user>
    <id>724507</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724507-dan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1896305</id>
  <isbn>0892965940</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780892965946</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1896305.Cons_Scams_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 14:59:49 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 29 14:59:55 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11234390]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11234390]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>181587</id>
    <user>
    <id>18857</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Keith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Reno, NV]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18857-keith]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226533939p3/18857.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226533939p2/18857.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">262414</id>
  <isbn>0446678694</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780446678698</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cons, Scams, and Grifts (Dka File Novel)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133m/262414.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173234133s/262414.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262414.Cons_Scams_and_Grifts</link>
  <average_rating>2.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>8</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<strong>Penzler Pick, August  2001:</strong> If anyone knows how to keep a carousel of a plot going--with  multiple entrances and exits and any number of brass rings looking like the real  thing--it's Joe Gores. His &quot;DKA files&quot; books--DKA standing for Dan Kearny  Associates, a motley crew of accomplished San Francisco repo men--provide the  kind of plot where the reader must trust the author and settle back for the wild  (and wonderful) ride.<p>  In this new novel, the men and women of DKA meet up once again with members of  the Muchwaya family of Gypsies. The two groups form a useful, if uneasy,  alliance. Dan, in fact, agrees to be hired by Staley, a Muchwaya elder he likes  despite considering him &quot;the twistiest man he had ever known.&quot; What Staley wants  is for Dan to bring to earth the elusive and extremely gorgeous Yana, apparently  now on the lam after murdering her husband. Yana is as clever as she is  beautiful, and her wily disguises keep her--barely--one step ahead of  Kearney.<p>  <em>Cons, Scams &amp; Grifts</em> lives up to its title, with the usual Gores gusto  keeping the action fast, furious, and funny. I'm not going to tell you about the  talking orangutan, or the phony baron, or the lesbian dominatrix, or the  mortuary cosmetician known as Becky Thatcher, or what part the Pope plays, or  how the Japanese mob got involved. Just trust me--it all makes sense in the end.  And you're going to love it. <em>--Otto Penzler</em></p></p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>2001</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 06 18:22:15 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 06 18:22:15 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/181587]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/181587]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="mystery" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=262414</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>