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Description for Toughs
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 457.
Set during the Great Depression and based in part on real characters and a series of historical events, Toughs follows the story of Loretto Jones as he finds his life intertwined with the fate of Vince Coll, a 23-year-old Irish gangster who for a brief moment rose to the level of a national celebrity during his war with Dutch Schultz, Owen Madden, and Lucky Luciano. Tagged "Mad Dog Coll" after killing five-year-old Michael Vengelli in a botched assassination attempt, Coll was the subject of a shoot-to-kill order issued by New York City Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney, a $50,000 bounty ... Read more
Set during the Great Depression and based in part on real characters and a series of historical events, Toughs follows the story of Loretto Jones as he finds his life intertwined with the fate of Vince Coll, a 23-year-old Irish gangster who for a brief moment rose to the level of a national celebrity during his war with Dutch Schultz, Owen Madden, and Lucky Luciano. Tagged "Mad Dog Coll" after killing five-year-old Michael Vengelli in a botched assassination attempt, Coll was the subject of a shoot-to-kill order issued by New York City Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney, a $50,000 bounty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Unbridled Books United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Lakewood, CO, United States
ISBN
9781609531119
SKU
V9781609531119
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Ref
99-15
About Ed Falco
Ed Falco most recently is the author of the New York Times best-selling novel, The Family Corleone, a prequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather and subsequent saga. Falco has received innumerable awards, prizes and fellowships, and is the author of four previous novels, four story collections, and numerous plays, poems, essays, and critical reviews, including the novels St John ... Read more
Reviews for Toughs
"...a blistering pace, well-rounded characters, and moral dilemmas that are never pat...Recommend to fans of The Godfather books, historical fiction, and those who like their novels with a lot of action and a bit more substance."
LJ Xpress "This hard-hitting crime novel ... adeptly captures the dichotomy of the times
from the ruthlessness of life in the Bronx to the glittering ... Read more
LJ Xpress "This hard-hitting crime novel ... adeptly captures the dichotomy of the times
from the ruthlessness of life in the Bronx to the glittering ... Read more