Early on, he makes the mistake of falling for the coldhearted Emma Gould, girlfriend to Albert White, a vicious rival gangster. Lehane clearly enjoys laying on the period detail, but it's Joe's contradictory character that drives Live by Night forward. After springing Joe from prison, the mob sends him to Florida, where his shrewd tactical sense and knack for making friends - especially among Cuban revolutionaries - help him build an empire as rum-running boss of the South. The book follows Joe from his days as a small-time gangster in Boston through a hitch in prison, where he earns the friendship of an Italian mobster. Set during Prohibition, Live by Night is Dennis Lehane's fast-paced chronicle of Joe Coughlin, son of a corrupt Boston police superintendent and self-described outlaw. Dennis Lehane's other books include Shutter Island and Mystic River.Īshleigh-Faye Beland/Courtesy of William Morrow
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