World Gone by by Dennis Lehane

World Gone by by Dennis Lehane

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).

Dennis Lehane's books include the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, as well as Prayers for Rain, Gone, Baby, Gone, Sacred, Darkness, Take My Hand, A Drink Before the War, which won the Shamus Award for Outstanding Debut Novel, and The Given Day. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and now divides his time between Boston and Florida.