World Gone By: A Novel (Joe Coughlin Series, 3) - Softcover

Lehane, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0063084880 ISBN 13: 9780063084889

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2021

Synopsis

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).

About this title

About the Author

Dennis Lehane is the author of thirteen novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He grew up in Boston, MA and now lives in California with his family.

From the Back Cover

“Lehane writes convincingly, tensely . . . powerfully.”—USA Today

Late spring, 1943. The world is at war but the American mob is in its heyday. Former crime boss Joe Coughlin now works as a consigliere to the infamous Bartolo Crime Family, effortlessly handling their interests in Tampa, Boston, and Cuba. In the decade since he lost his wife in a cascade of bullets, Joe has made a home for himself and his son, and once again forged everything out of nothing: money, power, a relationship with a beautiful woman, and a privileged place in Tampa’s shadowy underworld.

But a rumor surfaces that someone wants Joe dead. And he has only days to figure out who, or he will die. And then there’s the ghost—a young boy who appears on the fringes of Joe’s vision and seems to be trying to tell him something. Racing against time and fate, Joe hurtles through a violent yet intoxicating world on the brink of total collapse or epic triumph, a world on the cusp of reinvention and rebirth—where the old codes, the old sins, and the old dreams may soon be swept away once and for all.

“The novel’s plot is as complex as its morality.”—Daily News (New York)

“Lehane has Elmore Leonard’s ear for dialogue.”—Miami Herald

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0063084880
• ISBN 13: 9780063084889
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320