Live by Night, Dennis Lehane
Live by Night, Dennis Lehane
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Live by Night

Author: Dennis Lehane

Narrator: Jim Frangione

Unabridged: 19 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/02/2012


Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane comes this epic, unflinching tale of the making and unmaking of a gangster in the Prohibition Era of the Roaring Twenties—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Zoe Saldana, and Sienna Miller.Meticulously researched and artfully told, Live by Night is the riveting story of one man’s rise from Boston petty thief to the Gulf Coast’s most successful rum runner, and it proves again that the accolades New York Times bestseller Lehane consistently receives are well deserved. He is indeed, “a master” (Philadelphia Inquirer) whose “true literary forefathers include John Steinbeck as well as Raymond Chandler” (Baltimore Sun). And, “Boy, does he know how to write” (Elmore Leonard).“A standout writer.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review“[Dennis Lehane] deserves to be included among the most interesting and accomplished American novelists of any genre or category.”
—Washington Post Book World

About Dennis Lehane

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on March 05, 2025

The opening scene of Dennis Lehane’s Prohibition gangster tale, Live by Night has our hero, Joe Coughlin, on a tugboat, in the Gulf of Mexico, fitted for a nice set of cement footwear, while a dozen or so of his least favorite people prepare to help him into a final swim. It is from this moment that......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on October 16, 2012

I think Dennis Lehane may be a big fan of Boardwalk Empire based on this book. In the mid-1920s, Joe Coughlin is a young man who has turned against his upbringing as the son of a legendary Boston police captain. Joe works for a local gangster and does the occasional robbery on the side. When he falls......more

Goodreads review by Maria on May 14, 2018

Me ha gustado mucho, y estoy segura de que es un libro de cinco estrellas, por lo menos yo se las pondría. Pero si no lo hago es porque he leído otras historias de este autor que me han gustado más.......more

Goodreads review by Sergio Ferenczy on December 06, 2024

4,5 ⭐ Se está convirtiendo en una costumbre acabar un libro de Dennis Lehane y decir: "qué bueno es este tío", ya es la cuarta vez este año y estoy convencido de que lo que me queda por leer también lo será. Y eso que esta novela hasta la fecha me ha parecido la menos buena, pero con este nivel sigue......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on December 21, 2015

"I don't understand," Danny said softly. "I know you don't," Joe said. "You, you buy into all this stuff about good guys and bad guys in the world. A loan shark breaks a guy's leg for not paying his debt, a banker throws a guy out of his home for the same reason, and you think there's a difference, l......more