{"product_id":"9781467810890","title":"BANKERS' HOURS: An Exciting Reminiscence of the 1970s When Men Were Men and Savings \u0026 Loans Were Solvent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAND YOU THOUGHT YOUR MONEY WAS SAFE!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe newest book by Gary Lukatch, \u003ci\u003eBanker’s Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, is a deeply disturbing slog through the pain-filled ditches of California’s long-suffering savings and loan industry. A startling exposé of the brutal underside of L.A.’s most notorious and heretofore-unknown S\u0026amp;L groupies. The author should be wrapped in a straitjacket and confined in a maximum-security mental institution. If you buy this book, you should hunt the author down and sterilize him.  If you got this book free, well, you get what you pay for.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments from some of the unsuspecting innocents who were sucked into buying this book because of the great cover:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Who wrote this junk\u003ci\u003e?”  R.H. Silver, former S\u0026amp;L Assistant Vice President, Yreka, California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Who published this piece of garbage?”  \u003ci\u003eR. Wellen, retired S\u0026amp;L Executive, Yorba Linda, California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Gary Who?”  \u003ci\u003eLynwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Light and Shopper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Makes a GREAT birdcage liner.”  \u003ci\u003eNeddy Seagoon, Book Reviewer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Globe and News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I’m glad I got a free copy, because I’d never pay good money for this crap\u003ci\u003e.”   Sneed Hearn, Literary Critic, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Delhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“ALRIGHT!  After 25 years my Dad finally got this thing published.”  \u003ci\u003eMorgan Lukatch Pellettera, Author’s Smartass Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I LOVE this book.  I bought 53 copies to give to friends and I even wrote the New York Times Book Review people to put it on their Best Seller list.  I can’t say enough great things about this wonderful book.”  \u003ci\u003eCarolyn Lukatch, Author’s Mother (deceased).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Hey, Buddy, review THIS!”  \u003ci\u003eIrate Husband of Former Girlfriend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“  ‘Tain’t funny, McGee!”  \u003ci\u003eMolly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144236056816,"sku":"9781467810890","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467810890_p0.jpg?v=1763694317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467810890","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}