Live by Night

By Dennis Lehane

Subjects: Organized crime, Amerikanisches Englisch, Mafia, Joe Coughlin (Fictional character), Children of police, New York Times bestseller, Crime organisé, Boston (mass.), fiction, Nineteen twenties, Romans, nouvelles, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-10-21, Gangsters, New York Times reviewed, Roman policier, Fiction, City and town life, Fiction, crime, Criminals, fiction, History, Prohibition, Friendship, American Dream, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-10-21

Description: 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 ...