Low Light : A Novel: A Novel

By Cutler, Stanley

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Title:	Low Light : A Novel: A Novel
Author:	Cutler, Stanley
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, History of America, Origins of Organized Crime Jazz Age Atlantic City
Collections:	Authors Community, Mystery Fiction
Historic Publication Date:	2022
Publisher:	Stanley Cutler

Member Page:	Stanley Cutler
Citation APA MLA Chicago Cutler, B. S. (2022). Low Light : A Novel. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
They made Al Rubin a terrific offer; he'd get a lucrative lease on an entertainment pier in exchange for a weekend of clandestine photography in a hotel room. Seduced by glamor and luxuries, aware of the risks, Al agreed. J. Edgar Hoover would be a guest of the city, a dignitary attending the gala 1929 Memorial Day ceremonies. Historians are puzzled by Hoover's hands-off approach to organized crime. During his thirty-seven year reign as the FBI's Director, he investigated and prosecuted civil rights advocates and union organizers - anyone on his political left. The bodies piled up, witnesses testified to reporters and in local trials, and still Hoover refused to investigate any nationwide criminal enterprise. Despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary, he claimed that gangsters were too stupid to organize. Al plans the photo shoot carefully. Hoover arrives for four days of high-living on the city's dime. Al's plan seems perfect, until fate intervenes and he is forced to flee. Desperate and enraged, Hoover sends his minions to hunt Al down. The photographer navigates the sin city of its day, from the neon-lit boardwalk to the dark shadows of casinos and pleasure houses. Feelong cornered. he concocts an ingenious scheme to save himself before he loses hs livelihood, his family and his freedom. LOW LIGHT is an imagined tale, and action adventure that fits the historical facts and offers a plausible explanation for the implausible behavior of one of the most peculiar men ever to hold high office.

Summary
Gangsters, G-Men and Jews In Jazz Age Atlantic City

Excerpt
It started in April with the long distance, person-to-person call from my wife’s cousin the gangster, Sam Brodsky. He wanted to offer me a job, he told me, one that would pay a lot, one that he chose not to discuss over the telephone. My first thought, when he came on the line, had been that he wanted to spread a little of his money around by having me take the pictures at his June wedding. I dropped a hint, which he ignored. Instead, he told me that his fiancée was a lovely girl named Anne whom everybody in the family would love. I told him that Ida, who is Sam’s first cousin, and our two daughters were fine. Pretty soon we were done reminding each other that we were family, and Sam got down to business. “Al, I have a job for you,” he said. “You are the perfect guy for it. It’s a special kind of photography. I don’t even know for sure if it can be done.” I thought he was being secretive because he was worried about nosey neighbors on the party line or that the operator might be listening. It did not occur to me that he was worried about wiretaps by the Investigations Bureau of the United States Department of Justice. At that time, I was just an ordinary businessman who didn’t even know there were such things as wiretaps. As I recall, I had never even heard of the Investigations Bureau.

Table of Contents
PART ONE Dangerous Offer Boss of Atlantic City Casino Mirror A Lot to Lose Latest Equipment Trap Summer Place Wheel of Fortune Federal Agents Gabriel Yentas J. Edgar Hoover Cold Feet PART TWO First Night Decoration Day Sweet Emma Smugglers Dance Floor Mistaken Assumption Rolling Chair Later is When it Hurts Hoover’s Gambles Telegram Nucky’s Offer Barefoot on the Beach ABOUT THE AUTHOR