{"product_id":"toughs-paperback","title":"Toughs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Falco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet during the Great Depression and based in part on real characters and a series of historical events, \u003ci\u003eToughs\u003c\/i\u003e follows the story of Loretto Jones as he finds his life intertwined with the fate of Vince Coll, a 23-year-old Irish gangster who for a brief moment rose to the level of a national celebrity during his war with Dutch Schultz, Owen Madden, and Lucky Luciano. Tagged \"Mad Dog Coll\" after killing five-year-old Michael Vengelli in a botched assassination attempt, Coll was the subject of a shoot-to-kill order issued by New York City Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney, a $50,000 bounty offered by Dutch Shultz and Owen Madden, and $30,000 in reward money from by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the city's newspapers. Loretto and Vince are bound to each other by years spent in an orphanage and on the streets, but in the summer of 1931, with Loretto in love with newly-divorced Gina Baronti, and Vince in thrall to the beautiful Lottie Kriesberger, their world of tough guys in tough times is hurtling toward disaster, and Loretto finds himself faced with impossible choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Falco\u003c\/b\u003e most recently is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Family Corleone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a prequel to Mario Puzo's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and subsequent saga. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFalco has received innumerable awards, prizes and fellowships, and is the author of four previous novels, four story collections, and numerous plays, poems, essays, and critical reviews, including the novels \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt John of the Five Boroughs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Unbridled 2009), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolf Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Unbridled 2006), and the story collection \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Unbridled 2006). His stories have been published widely in journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, The Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e, and several anthologies, including, \u003ci\u003eBlue Cathedral: Short Fiction for the New Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn early innovator in the field of digital writing, Falco's online work includes Self-Portrait as Child w\/Father (Iowa Review Web), Circa 1967-1968 (Eastgate Reading Room), Charmin' Cleary (Eastgate Reading Room), and Chemical Landscapes Digital Tales (with photographer Mary Pinto, in Volume I of The Electronic Literature Collection).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770713637152,"sku":"9781609531119","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f776a249c0b1c867eba47b5acabad18.webp?v=1780377480","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/toughs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}