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Live by Night
“Unusually poignant and remarkably profound thriller about a small-time hood from Boston in the 20s who becomes a major player in Florida, running rum. Lehane is a remarkable stylist and has penned a gangster novel more about what it means to be a moral actor in a completely amoral circumstance. ...”
“Unusually poignant and remarkably profound thriller about a small-time hood from Boston in the 20s who becomes a major player in Florida, running rum. Lehane is a remarkable stylist and has penned a gangster novel more about what it means to be a moral actor in a completely amoral circumstance. Vivid characters, heart-breaking conflicts and conundrums, genuine sentiment that could easily slip into the maudlin but never does, this is a superb novel.”
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