Title: Live by Night
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 ...
Subjects: Fiction, Amerikanisches Englisch, History, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2012-10-21, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Boston (mass.), fiction, Fiction, crime, Criminals, fiction, Gangsters, Prohibition, Nineteen twenties, Organized crime, American Dream, Children of police, Joe Coughlin (Fictional character), Friendship, City and town life, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-10-21, Mafia, Crime organisé, Romans, nouvelles, Roman policier
Places: United States, Boston (Mass.), Cuba
People: A. Andrae
Time periods: 1919-1933, 20th century