New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's World Gone By
continues the epic story of Joe Coughlin from The Given Day and Live
by Night through World War II, as he struggles to navigate the criminal
underworld between Cuba and Florida.
"Suspenseful, devious, well-constructed and as filled with ethical
questions as it is with gangsters." --New York Times
Ten 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.
A 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.
But 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.
Dennis 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, World Gone By is a
stunning work of historical fiction from one of "the most interesting
and accomplished American novelists" (Washington Post).
