by Dennis Lehane · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349141879
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«Live by Night» is the novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Abacus in paperback (528 pages, in English).
Small-time thief Joe Coughlin meets Emma Gould during a heist in 1920s Boston, and that encounter pushes him toward organized crime. The novel follows his rise in Prohibition-era America, marked by violence, betrayal, and the price of the American dream.
Second installment of the Coughlin series, originally published in 2012 and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 2013.
For readers of crime and historical fiction who enjoy gangster plots and Prohibition-era America, in the vein of Boardwalk Empire.
Dennis Lehane is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War (1994). Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same name: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the 2014 film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini.
