World Gone By
A Novel
Dennis Lehane
A morally complex novel set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida during WWII. Joe Coughlin, former crime kingpin, confronts the cost of his criminal past and present while working as a consigliore for the Bartolo crime family. As he navigates through the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe must face the dark truth of his past and ultimately pay the wages of a lifetime of sin. Told with skill and vivid detail, World Gone By is a superb work of historical fiction.
Publish Date
2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
2015-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.92
ISBN
9780062351814
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2015-03-20T00:52:15.000Z
Best gangster book I've ever read and instantly in Lehane's top 5. RT @pylertrice What’d you think of World Gone By? – source