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World Gone By de Dennis Lehane

World Gone By: William Morrow & Company

Autor Dennis Lehane
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 ian 2024

În ce măsură poate un om să scape de ecoul propriilor păcate, chiar și atunci când pare să fi atins o pace fragilă? Descoperim în „World Gone By” o explorare melancolică a amurgului unui gangster, plasată într-un decor istoric somptuos, unde soarele Floridei și umbrele Cubei ascund trădări iminente. Joe Coughlin nu mai este tânărul nesăbuit din Live by Night; acum este un tată și un strateg discret, un „consigliere” care navighează cu grație între elita socială din Tampa și lumea interlopă finanțată de regimul lui Batista. Putem afirma că forța acestui roman nu rezidă doar în violența sa coregrafiată, ci în modul în care Dennis Lehane construiește o atmosferă de fatalism iminent.

Structura narativă este una densă și meditativă, preferând introspecția în locul acțiunii gratuite. Ritmul narativ amintește de realismul social din The Given Day, dar structura este mult mai intimă, concentrată pe descompunerea morală a unui imperiu personal. Reținem finețea cu care Lehane echilibrează lumina și întunericul, oferind cititorului nu doar un roman polițist, ci o cronică despre prețul anonimatului și al puterii. Dacă în alte lucrări precum Small Mercies autorul se concentra pe tensiunile rasiale și sociale din Boston, aici el extinde geografia crimei, oferind o perspectivă internațională asupra corupției. Este o lucrare de o eleganță sobră care închide cercul unei saga ambițioase.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063084889
ISBN-10: 0063084880
Pagini: 322
Dimensiuni: 132 x 203 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Harpercollins
Colecția William Morrow & Company
Seria William Morrow & Company

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un roman istoric cu greutate morală și o atmosferă noir autentică. Dincolo de intriga cu gangsteri, veți câștiga o reflecție profundă asupra paternității și a modului în care trecutul ne modelează prezentul. Este finalul magistral al seriei Joe Coughlin Series, ideal pentru cei care au apreciat complexitatea personajelor din Live by Night.

Despre autor

Dennis Lehane este un autor american de renume, recunoscut pentru capacitatea sa de a îmbina literatura de gen cu teme sociale profunde. Născut în Dorchester, Massachusetts, el a devenit o voce de referință a literaturii contemporane, multe dintre romanele sale, precum „Mystic River” și „Shutter Island”, fiind adaptate în filme premiate. Cariera sa este marcată de distincții prestigioase, inclusiv premiile Edgar, Anthony și Barry. Stilul său se distinge prin atmosfera densă și explorarea psihologică a personajelor aflate la marginea societății, elemente prezente și în această încheiere a trilogiei Coughlin.

Descriere scurtă

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).

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“Lehane writes convincingly, tensely . . . powerfully.”—USA Today
Late spring, 1943. The world is at war but the American mob is in its heyday. Former crime boss Joe Coughlin now works as a consigliere to the infamous Bartolo Crime Family, effortlessly handling their interests in Tampa, Boston, and Cuba. In the decade since he lost his wife in a cascade of bullets, Joe has made a home for himself and his son, and once again forged everything out of nothing: money, power, a relationship with a beautiful woman, and a privileged place in Tampa’s shadowy underworld.
But a rumor surfaces that someone wants Joe dead. And he has only days to figure out who, or he will die. And then there’s the ghost—a young boy who appears on the fringes of Joe’s vision and seems to be trying to tell him something. Racing against time and fate, Joe hurtles through a violent yet intoxicating world on the brink of total collapse or epic triumph, a world on the cusp of reinvention and rebirth—where the old codes, the old sins, and the old dreams may soon be swept away once and for all.
“The novel’s plot is as complex as its morality.”—Daily News (New York)
“Lehane has Elmore Leonard’s ear for dialogue.”—Miami Herald

Recenzii

“Lehane, who has developed into a novelist of seemingly effortless power and command, is missing nothing in his delivery. Few writers can equal his ability to balance dark and light, casual and intense, here and then. More than a sequel, World Gone By seems lit by its predecessor and the events of the past as if through a prism—or maybe a black light. In the process, Joe Coughlin’s story becomes more epic still.”  — Chicago Tribune
“Lehane writes convincingly, tensely, tersely, powerfully, about the fatal tensions of daily Mob life without romanticizing it, without judging it. He steers the plot and its characters toward inevitable consequences. Everyone here is bloodied—splattered with either their own or someone else’s blood...This gangster novel is violent, graphic and guiltily compelling.”  — USA Today
“Lehane has Elmore Leonard’s ear for dialogue and a masterly touch with description... World Gone By offers a frisson like you get from the best gangster sagas from The Godfather to The Sopranos — entry into a world of complex characters who are operating within their highly risky world. And it serves a plot that drives relentlessly forward without ever feeling forced.” — Miami Herald
“Lehane is shaping a tragedy in World Gone By, along classic lines set in a seamy underbelly. The novel’s plot is as complex as its morality while both are fueled by searing betrayals.” — New York Daily News
“Lehane’s prose is muscular and lean, elegant and brutal, and his action scenes are cause to sit back and exhale when they’re over...World Gone By is a poetic conclusion to an accomplished American crime story.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“A textbook guide on how to end a series .” — Associated Press
“Lehane [is] a novelist of…effortless power.” — Chicago Tribune
“Lehane’s 12th novel is a classic gangster epic.” — Tampa Bay Times

Notă biografică

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.

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'The best gangster novel since The Godfather' Stephen King

Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America's most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the social elite, politicians, police and the mob. He has everything he could possibly want; money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.

But in a town that runs on corruption, vengeance and greed, success can't protect Joe from the dark truth of his past -- and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full . . .

Chilling, heart-breaking and gripping, this is the most complex and powerful novel to date from Dennis Lehane, writer on The Wire and author of modern classics such as Shutter Island, Gone, Baby, Gone and The Given Day.