[sbaum4853]

Just finished Live by Night by Dennis Lehane. Bootleggers and gangsters in the roaring 20s. It was really good and makes my list of 'Greatest Gangster Books Ever.' I would put it third place on that list, right behind The Godfather and Prince of Thieves (which was made into the movie The Town).

 

[sbaum4853]

Based on the thread title, I thought it might be about a gangster doing good things!

What did you like about the novel to put it third on your list?

What I liked most was the setting. This novel really gets after the roaring 20s. Tommy guns, flappers, tin lizzies, etc. And it takes some unexpected turns. By the middle, I was really into all the characters and when all the gangster violence got going I was riveted.