Also, I read Copperbadge's Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do the other day, and I keep thinking that I want to still be reading it. So I think that means it's good enough I should recommend it. :) I think he should change the names and sell it, and then write a whole series set in the 30s and 40s about the police detective and the rich, inventive reformed gangster fighting crime and having adventures.
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