Cover of Live by Night

Book 2013

Live by Night

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Publisher
Harper
Published
2013
  • Fiction
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • History
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Boston (mass.), fiction
  • Fiction, crime
  • Criminals, fiction
  • Gangsters

Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, his task is to tie her up while his accomplices loot the bank she works in. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes forever. That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, double-crossing, drama and pain. And it is a journey into the soul of prohibition-era America ...