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Live by Night

(2012)
(The second book in the Coughlin series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2014 Falcon Award
2013 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee)
2013 Edgar Award for Best Novel
2013 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (nominee)

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 bar 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 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...

A powerful, deeply moving novel, Live By Night is a tour-de-force by Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire and author of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone and The Given Day.


Genre: Historical

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