The Great California Game

By: Jonathan Gash

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Paperback | 1 February 1992

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A Lovejoy novel. Whilst he is working in a New York bar, Lovejoy's recognition of zircons paraded as priceless diamonds leads to his involvement in the richest card game in America. Using his desparate wiles, he sets about raising a stake from museums, auction houses and collectors.

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Still struggling to reclaim the magnificent form of Jade Woman (1989), in which incorrigibly corrupt antiques-dealer Lovejoy nosed about Hong Kong, Gash now turns to America for inspiration - with only so-so results. Eking out a livelihood in a Manhattan bar, Lovejoy is pressed into waiter service at the wealthy, more-than-slightly-crooked Aquilinas digs, where his "divvy" (i.e., divining) talents gain him entry into The Great California Game - an invitation-only, giant hustle that's guaranteed to make the winners multimillionaires. Quicker than he can tell paste from diamond, Lovejoy and his two new street-savvy chums - Magda the doorway whore and Zole the hot-goods kid - are on a cross-country romp (Chicago, New Orleans, L.A.) to set up the sting, while all around them love stories swirl and evolve (the maid/the bodyguard/etc.), two sisters crop up, and, naturally, the big score just seems to elude Lovejoy. A skimpy plot undercuts a wry love-letter to the States. As witty and knowledgeable as Gash can be, he hasn't much of a story to tell here. (Kirkus Reviews)

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