A funny, historical novel that is virtually all dialogue. It's the spring of 1945 in Brooklyn, and Frankie and Mario—inspired by the heroics of the Lone Ranger, the Green Hornet, and the Shadow, among others—set out to right the wrongs of their world. And no one can escape being part of their hilarious adventures.

Behind the Book

I am not sure what is my best book, but I do think this is my funniest book. It’s also my most unusual. It is all—one hundred percent—dialogue. It’s about radio, the kind of radio I listened to when I was a kid—Superman, The Shadow, and perhaps my favorite, The Lone Ranger, from which the title derives. I was a big reader as a kid—still am—but there are times I believe what has most influenced me as a writer was those radio shows I listened to. Just consider how much dialogue there is in my books! The fact is, I truly loved writing this book. Radio was so much fun. I wish it were still with us in that old-fashioned way. I would love to write radio shows.