Live by Night

About this book

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 ...

Subjects

• american dream
• amerikanisches englisch
• boston (mass.), fiction
• children of police
• city and town life
• crime organisé
• criminals, fiction
• fiction
• fiction, crime
• fiction, mystery & detective, historical
• friendship
• gangsters
• history
• joe coughlin (fictional character)
• mafia
• new york times bestseller
• new york times reviewed
• nineteen twenties
• nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-10-21
• nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-10-21
• organized crime
• prohibition
• roman policier
• romans, nouvelles