The Rackets - Couverture rigide

Thomas, Kelly

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297847309 ISBN 13 : 9780297847304

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003

Synopsis

Jimmy Dolan, onetime roughneck construction worker, is now an Ivy League-educated advance man for New York City's mayor. When he strikes out against a corrupt union boss at a power breakfast, he is fired. Meanwhile, Jimmy's father is running for president of the Teamsters. He is brutally muscled out of the race, so Jimmy must risk his life and return to the working-class world he left behind. Set in the union halls, taverns and half-built skyscrapers of a Manhattan, populated by Irish racketeers, Italian mobsters and Russian killers, "The Rackets" is a fast-paced literary thriller that paints a vivid portrait of an urban underworld rarely seen in fiction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Kelly worked for ten years in construction, graduated from Fordham University and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, then served as Director of Advance for the mayor of New York. A former Teamster, he writes for Esquire. His first novel, PAYBACK, has been adapted by David Mamet for a feature film. He lives in New York and Dublin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297847309
• ISBN 13: 9780297847304
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible