World Gone By

New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s WorldGone By continues the epic story of Joe Coughlin from The Given Day andLive by Night through World War II as he struggles to navigate thecriminal underworld between Cuba and Florida.“Suspenseful devious well-constructed and as filledwith ethical questions as it is with gangsters.” —New York TimesTen years have passed since Joe Coughlin’s enemies killedhis wife and destroyed his empire and much has changed. Prohibition is deadthe world is at war again and Joe’s son Tomás is growing up. Now the formercrime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family travelingbetween Tampa and Cuba his wife’s homeland.A master who moves in and out of the black white and Cubanunderworlds Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa’s social elite U.S. Navalintelligence the Lansky-Luciano mob and the mob-financed government ofFulgencio Batista. He has everything—money power a beautiful mistress andanonymity.But success cannot protect him from the dark truth of hispast—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 aworld at war from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in thestreets of Ybor City to a chilling heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar canefield. Told with verve and skill World Gone By is a stunning work ofhistorical fiction from one of “the most interesting and accomplished Americannovelists” (Washington Post).