Sutton
by J. R. Moehringer
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Pub Date 25 Sep 2012 | Archive Date 20 Dec 2012
HarperCollins | Blue Door
Description
One of the most notorious criminals in American history is brought blazing back to life by a master storyteller.
Willie Sutton was born in the squalid Irish slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the twentieth century, and came of age at a time when banks were out of control
Over three decades, from Prohibition through the Great Depression, from the age of Al Capone until the reign of Murder Inc., police called Sutton one of the most dangerous men in New York, and the FBI put him on its first-ever Most Wanted list. But the public loved him. He never fired a shot, after all, and his victims were merely those bloodsucking banks.
Based on extensive research, Sutton is the moving story of an enigmatic man, an arch criminal driven by love, forever seeking the beautiful woman who led him into a life of crime, then broke his heart and disappeared.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
John Burnham Schwartz, author of Reservation Road
“Electrifying…Readers will be riveted by this colourful portrayal
of a life in crime spurred by a hatred for banks.”
Booklist
Marketing Plan
• First novel from the Pulitzer prize-winner: author of The Tender Bar and co-writer of Open by Andre Agassi
• Moehringer’s novel draws on vast research, including long-lost files from the New York Police Department and the FBI, plus interviews with descendants of Sutton who have never before spoken to reporters.
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780007489916 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 352 |