The Last Words of Jack Ruby
My new novel releasing this year.
On November 24, 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby walked into the basement of police headquarters and shot Lee Harvey Oswald once in the abdomen. Afterward he told investigators, “I did it to show that Jews have guts.”
The Last Words of Jack Ruby is a historical noir about Jack Ruby, his lifelong friend the boxer and war hero Barney Ross (who happens to be my cousin), and the price of American myth.
Coming November 24, 2026 from Tortoise Books. Available for pre-order from Bookshop.org or from your local bookstore.
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Interviews
“How did you become a writer?”
"After brief flirtations with the vocations of astronaut, airline pilot, and 'guy in a white coat holding a foaming test tube,' at the age of twelve I decided I wanted to be a writer and I’ve basically never looked back."
Dorothy’s Place
Elias Crim of Solidarity Hall and the podcast Dorothy’s Place talks to me about Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and my novel How Long Is Now.
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