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Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder

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When he was once just six years old, Zachary Lazar’s father, Edward, was once shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona parking garage. The year was once 1975, a time when, in step with the Arizona Republic, “land-fraud artists roamed the state in sharp suits, gouging money from buyers and investors.” How did his father fit into this world and how could his son ever in reality be mindful the man, his time and place, and his motivations? In Evening’s Empire, Zachary Lazar, whose novel Sway was named one of the most Best Books of 2008 by Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, brilliantly attempts to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to his father’s murder.

How did Ed Lazar, a fun-loving but meticulous accountant, grow to be involved in a multi-million dollar real-estate scandal involving politicians and Mafia figures? How much did he know about his colleagues’ illegal activities? Why had he chosen to testify against his former business partner, Ned Warren, Sr.? Warren was once “a mystery man,” in step with 60 Minutes, widely referred to as “the Godfather of land fraud.” The day before Ed Lazar was once scheduled to appear in front of a grand jury he was once killed in a “gangland-style murder,” as reported by Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News. Four hundred mourners attended a memorial service for him the next day to come. Evening’s Empire is based on archival research and interviews–introducing a cast of characters as quite a lot of as Senator Barry Goldwater and Cesar Romero–and is clarified by scenes imagined in the context of this evidence. It is a singular and haunting story of American ambition and its tragic cost.

Of Zachary Lazar’s previous book, Sway, the reviewer for The New York Times Book Review wrote, “This brilliant novel is about what’s to be found in the shadows.” The same will also be said of Evening’s Empire’s true story, but here the shadows are very close to home.

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