32 Cadillacs

Notes

Building on his own experience as a skip tracer and repo man, 32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores is the fourth episode in the D.K.A. files. 

A very funny, but politically incorrect take on U.S. gypsy culture and the art of the car hawk.

Christ Himself had given permission to the Gypsies to steal. As He hung dying on the shameful cross, a Gypsy stole the Roman soldiers’ fourth spike—the one intended for His heart. A grateful Christ gave His absolution forever to all Gypsies who stole from the gadje.

32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores

Publisher’s Synopsis

A respectable citizen trips on a store escalator. On cue, Cadillacs start disappearing from lots all over San Francisco, as a team of scam artists use pure criminal genius to do one California bank out of $1.3 million of Detroit’s finest.

The bank hires Daniel Kearny Associates to get the cars back, and soon Kearny’s team discover what they’re up against: Gypsies. Dangerous charmers, they are one nation united in street crime. The escalator fall has mortally wounded their beloved King, and they’re planning to attend his funeral Cadillac-style. And the action won’t let up until both repo-men and Gypsies reach the dying Gypsy King – and the biggest scam of all.

Read a full review of 32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores at the NYTimes