544 pages
English language
Published April 13, 2013 by Thorpe.
From small-time thief in 1920s Boston to one of America's most feared and respected gangsters, Joe Coughlin's rise to power is an epic journey beset by violence, double-crossing, drama and pain. And it is a journey into the soul of prohibition-era America ...
From small-time thief in 1920s Boston to one of America's most feared and respected gangsters, Joe Coughlin's rise to power is an epic journey beset by violence, double-crossing, drama and pain. And it is a journey into the soul of prohibition-era America ...
I have some real problems with this book. It ended okay, earned, perhaps, but to get there, some truly unearned and incoherent stuff has to happen. And jiminy can Lehane just once describe a thing and leave the similes alone? At least the simile should make sense.
The story, at the end, I enjoyed. But, the beats? The rhythm? Not so much.
