First in the Irish gangland saga. "A full-length chiaroscuro portrait
of the immigrant experience, filled with crackling dialogue and headlong
plotting" (Stefan Kanfer, national bestselling author).
Young Irish immigrant Colin O'Brien settles with his family in New York
City. There Colin befriends a Cuban-American boy named Johnny Garcia.
Life in America isn't what Colin's family expects and he experiences a
shocking tragedy that alters his life.
As Johnny and Colin grow into men, their friendship changes. They begin
working for different crime syndicates, with Colin joining the ranks of
charismatic Tom McPhalen's Irish mob and Johnny becoming a member of
debonair Tito Bernal's Cuban gang.
As Colin's rise in the ranks of organized crime becomes increasingly
more brutal and demeaning and his friendship with Johnny deteriorates,
he begins to question his place in the seductive yet violent world he's
found himself in. Can he protect not just his livelihood, but his very
life?
Trilogy praise
"Far more than a crime novel; a wise, carefully wrought narrative
informed by a tragic sense of life." --Stefan Kanfer, national
bestselling author
"Captures the atmosphere and the feel of the period to absolute
perfection. I can just see this being made into a film. Superb."
--Books Monthly
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