Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould.
A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for.
But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes for ever.
That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters.
It is a journey beset by violence, double-crossing, drama and pain.
And it is a journey into the soul of prohibition-era America.
A powerful, deeply moving novel, Live By Night is a tour-de-force by Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire and author of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone andThe Given Day.
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