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Salvation Boulevard, movie tie-in: A Novel Paperback – July 26, 2011

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Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspectwho has confessedis in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic foreign student, the defense attorney a Jew, and the detective a Born Again Christian. As Carl gets deeper and deeper into the investigation of the death of professor Nathaniel MacLeod, his most basic beliefs and relationships are tried and his world is turned upside down. The mega-church, the pastor, and his new wife who have redeemed Carl from a life of grim debauchery insist on his dropping the case. But he can't stop searching for the real killer and the truthno matter what the personal cost.

Salvation Boulevard is a page-turning thriller in the tradition of John Grisham and Richard Condon that grapples with the ecstatic and entropic nature of religious faith in contemporary America.

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Larry Beinhart is best known as the author of Wag the Dog (originally published as American Hero) on which the film starring Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson was based. His No One Rides for Free (1986) received the 1987 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His most recent book, Fog Facts, a work of nonfiction, examines why some important, even striking, truths are overlooked by the media and the culture at large. Beinhart spent two years in Oxford, England, where he was the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellow at Wadham College. He is a regularly featured blogger on Huffingtonpost.com and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and the Chicago Tribune. He resides in Woodstock, New York, with his wife and two children.

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368 pages
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English
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Nation Books
Publication date

July 26, 2011
Reading age

18 years and up
Dimensions

5.75 x 1 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

1568586728
ISBN-13

978-1568586724
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nation Books; Movie Tie-In edition (July 26, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568586728
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568586724
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.5 inches

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Jeanne

A Page-Turning Story that Provokes Serious Thought

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022

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A born again Christian PI is hired by a Jewish attorney to investigate the murder of an atheistic college professor, which appears to be the work of a Muslim jihadist. But the truth reveals a twisted reality that forces a reckoning between faith and rationality, mind and heart. Whether you’re a believer or a nonbeliever, this book raises thought provoking issues just perfect for a deeper book club discussion.

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Kay Kelly

Few surprises, an annoying loose end

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2009

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First, I must acknowledge that I've never had any contact with evangelical Christians. So I can't judge whether the author's portrayal of their beliefs is accurate and fair. I intend to check out the discussion he encouraged at his website, but I haven't found time to do it yet.

Given that...in a story of murder and mayhem, I hope for surprises. Here, I was only truly surprised by one plot development, which takes place less than midway through the book. I'm not saying I anticipated all the specifics. But the characters I expected (from the way they'd been portrayed all along) to be guilty of wrongdoing were in fact guilty of wrongdoing.

Early on, we're told a minor character has insisted on something's being worded in a certain way, rejecting another possibility. I kept waiting for that to have some plot relevance, but it never does.

Finally, while I can understand the author's wanting to end the story the way he did, the denouement was too long and dragged-out for my taste.

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Tinker

Enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2011

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I enjoyed this book so much so that once I started reading it I didn't put it down for 2 days I found myself bringing the book to the table and reading it while I was eating I rarely if ever do that but this is a well written book and just when I thought I could put the book down for a bit something else surprising happened and I had to keep reading. Of course, being a freethinker might have made me more interested in the outcome and the dialog but the main story was excellent on it's own. It doesn't surprise me that they made this into a movie.

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021

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Beinhart rocks; fine satirical writer--if you haven't read Wag the Dog, get on it right now.

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2013

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Really enjoyed his book, The Librarian which I rate 4.5 stars, but whilst this was reasonably enjoyable
not a must read .

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Mary Thomas Watts

BEINHART READERS, REJOICE!

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2008

You probably won't find Larry Beinhart signing copies of his new novel, SALVATION BOULEVARD, at a mega-church near you. That's because Beinhart takes American right-wing Christianity by the scruff of the neck and shakes the tar out of it in this rip-roaring, disturbing post-9/11 tale of deception, greed, xenophobia, faith, doubt, apostasy and murder.
Carl, a former cop, his wife, Gwen, and his adolescent daughter from a previous marriage, Angie, belong to the Cathedral of the Third Millennium, a 6,400-member fundamentalist mega-church built of glass and steel and shepherded by the Rev. Paul Plowright. (Give you one guess who the bad guy is.)
Renouncing drugs, alcohol, casual sex and thinking for himself, Carl gives Plowright credit for saving his life and Jesus the glory for saving his soul. Harboring nary a doubt (uncertainty is for the faithless), Carl abides, for a time, in the love of God, family and the flock at CTM.
But abiding time starts ticking down when Carl is hired to investigate a murder that leads him into temptations of the flesh and the spirit. Here's how Carl describes his situation, "Look, I'm a Christian working for a Jewish lawyer who's working for an Islamic kid to find out who really killed the atheist. It's America, right?"
Beinhart, whose previous novels include WAG THE DOG and THE LIBRARIAN, both must-read page-turners for political junkies, takes aim this time at scoundrels behind stained glass windows who've had it coming.
For a high-speed excursion of America's search for meaning in these strange times, take SALVATION BOULEVARD. Beinhart will have you hollering "Amen!"

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Lou Macaluso

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2010

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I wanted to like this book . . . it is an interesting, thoughtful premise. But the plot wobbled all over the place, the initial plot mechanic got lost . . .and I didn't like the protagonist . . .and most of the other characters. It will be interesting to see what he projected movie does with this unfortunate mish-mash . . . RHB

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berto20

Un bon thriller dans le monde des "born again"

Reviewed in France on August 11, 2011

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Observateur acéré des travers et extrêmes de l'Amérique contemporaine, Larry Beinhart s'attaque cette fois, avec son talent habituel, au monde des "born again Christians". Le thriller tient bien la route, même si les ressorts de l'écriture de Beinhart commencent à s'épuiser un peu. On est toujours dans le modèle "héros solitaire au passé compliqué cherche à faire éclater la vérité, sur fond de complot vaguement invraisemblable mais qui instille le doute quand même". Tout à fait recommandable.

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Alice Chalmers

A wonderful book by a wonderful writer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2009

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Larry Beinhart is the kind of writer to whom you become addicted, regularly trawling Amazon for news of something new by him. I've loved him since discovering his first books in the eighties, and anyone interested in the contemporary political scene in the US (and increasingly in the UK) will love the way hard, scary facts are woven into a highly political story about crime and punishment, Islamophobia, the Christian Right and the traditional private eye tale. The amazon precis of the book compares him to John Grisham and Richard Condon. In their dreams. Beinhart is streets ahead of these writers. Try him, you'll be addicted too.

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