{"product_id":"9780063084889","title":"World Gone By : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWorld Gone By\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s \u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By \u003c\/em\u003econtinues the epic story of Joe Coughlin from \u003cem\u003eThe Given Day \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLive by Night\u003c\/em\u003e through World War II, as he struggles to navigate the criminal underworld between Cuba and Florida.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Suspenseful, devious, well-constructed and as filled with ethical questions as it is with gangsters.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years have passed since Joe Coughlin’s enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joe’s son, Tomás, is growing up. Now the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wife’s homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa’s social elite, U.S. Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista. He has everything—money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his past—and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Lehane vividly recreates the rise of the mob during a world at war, from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in the streets of Ybor City to a chilling, heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar cane field. Told with verve and skill, \u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning work of historical fiction from one of “the most interesting and accomplished American novelists” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane, who has developed into a novelist of seemingly effortless power and command, is missing nothing in his delivery. Few writers can equal his ability to balance dark and light, casual and intense, here and then. More than a sequel, \u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By \u003c\/em\u003eseems lit by its predecessor and the events of the past as if through a prism—or maybe a black light. In the process, Joe Coughlin’s story becomes more epic still.” \u003cbr\u003e“Lehane writes convincingly, tensely, tersely, powerfully, about the fatal tensions of daily Mob life without romanticizing it, without judging it. He steers the plot and its characters toward inevitable consequences. Everyone here is bloodied—splattered with either their own or someone else’s blood...This gangster novel is violent, graphic and guiltily compelling.” \u003cbr\u003e“Lehane has Elmore Leonard’s ear for dialogue and a masterly touch with description... \u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a frisson like you get from the best gangster sagas from \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos \u003c\/em\u003e— entry into a world of complex characters who are operating within their highly risky world. And it serves a plot that drives relentlessly forward without ever feeling forced.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane is shaping a tragedy in \u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By\u003c\/em\u003e, along classic lines set in a seamy underbelly. The novel’s plot is as complex as its morality while both are fueled by searing betrayals.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane’s prose is muscular and lean, elegant and brutal, and his action scenes are cause to sit back and exhale when they’re over...\u003cem\u003eWorld Gone By \u003c\/em\u003eis a poetic conclusion to an accomplished American crime story.”\u003cbr\u003e“A textbook guide on how to end a series .”\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane [is] a novelist of…effortless power.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane’s 12th novel is a classic gangster epic.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780063084889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41143794827470,"sku":"9780063084889","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780063084889.jpg?v=1650869262","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780063084889","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}