{"product_id":"world-gone-by-book-dennis-lehane-9780063084889","title":"World Gone by","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's World\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gone By continues the epic story of Joe Coughlin from The Given Day and\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Live by Night through World War II, as he struggles to navigate the\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e criminal underworld between Cuba and Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Suspenseful, devious, well-constructed and as filled\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e with ethical questions as it is with gangsters.\" --New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen years have passed since Joe Coughlin's enemies killed\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e the world is at war again, and Joe's son, Tomás, is growing up. Now the former\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e between Tampa and Cuba, his wife's homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa's social elite, U.S. Naval\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fulgencio Batista. He has everything--money, power, a beautiful mistress, and\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e anonymity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e past--and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDennis Lehane vividly recreates the rise of the mob during a\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e world at war, from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in the\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e streets of Ybor City to a chilling, heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar cane\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e field. Told with verve and skill, World Gone By is a stunning work of\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e historical fiction from one of \"the most interesting and accomplished American\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e novelists\" (Washington Post).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49916231418129,"sku":"CIN0063084880G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999187669265,"sku":"NIN9780063084889","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51461751341329,"sku":"CIN0063084880VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53462428090641,"sku":"GOR014933157","price":26.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063084880.jpg?v=1751132139","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/world-gone-by-book-dennis-lehane-9780063084889","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}