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The brilliant sequel to Road to Perdition, Max Allan Collins’ masterpiece of crime fiction that became both a literary and cinematic classic.
Twenty-two year-old Michael O’Sullivan returns from the second World War with a medal of honor, a glass eye, and the violent skills necessary to avenge his family, who were gunned down by the Chicago mob when he was a child. O’Sullivan becomes mobster Frank Nitti’s trusted chauffer...and an undercover operative for federal agent Eliot Ness...but even as he seeks revenge, he finds himself being seduced by the criminal underworld that he loathes.
"PURGATORY succeeds in putting us inside the head of an honorable man descending into a hell of his own creation." Entertainment Weekly
"An explosive, action-packed blockbuster, destined to rank right up there with THE GODFATHER series when all is said and done." Detroit Free Press
"A cordite-drenched Shakespearean tragedy." Kirkus Reviews
Twenty-two year-old Michael O’Sullivan returns from the second World War with a medal of honor, a glass eye, and the violent skills necessary to avenge his family, who were gunned down by the Chicago mob when he was a child. O’Sullivan becomes mobster Frank Nitti’s trusted chauffer...and an undercover operative for federal agent Eliot Ness...but even as he seeks revenge, he finds himself being seduced by the criminal underworld that he loathes.
"PURGATORY succeeds in putting us inside the head of an honorable man descending into a hell of his own creation." Entertainment Weekly
"An explosive, action-packed blockbuster, destined to rank right up there with THE GODFATHER series when all is said and done." Detroit Free Press
"A cordite-drenched Shakespearean tragedy." Kirkus Reviews
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Max Allan Collins is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the author of many books, including "Road to Perdition," which became the Oscar winning film, and the "Quarry" novels, the basis for the hit TV series on Cinemax
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0786272864
- ISBN 13 9780786272860
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages469
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Shamus Award-winning Author The powerful narrative follow-up tothe acclaimed graphic novel Road to PerditionIt's 1942, and Michael O'Sullivan is fighting the Japanese with a tommy gun like his father's. He returns home to pick up his old war against the Chicago mob. In a parallel tale set in 1922, Michael O'Sullivan, Sr., chief enforcer for the Irish godfather, is about to become a father. Both men reach a crossroads as two tales converge into the purgatory of good men trapped in bad lives. Former library book. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123621184
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