Dead I Well May Be
An illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Belfast, young Michael Forsythe is strong and clever and fearless - just the man to be tapped by crime boss Darkey White to lead a gang of Irish thugs against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city and hundreds are murdered every month. Michael and his lads tumble through the streets, shaking down victims, drinking hard, and fighting block by bloody block. Soon Darkey anoints…
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- Full title :Dead I Well May Be.
Summary
An illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Belfast, young Michael Forsythe is strong and clever and fearless - just the man to be tapped by crime boss Darkey White to lead a gang of Irish thugs against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city and hundreds are murdered every month. Michael and his lads tumble through the streets, shaking down victims, drinking hard, and fighting block by bloody block. Soon Darkey anoints Michael his rising star. But when Michael seduces his boss's girl, the saucy, fickle Bridget, things.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Profile Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (497 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781847651594, 1847651593
- oclc:ocn727649104
- LC Classification:PS3563.C38322
- Dewey Decimal:813.54
Table of Contents
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Prologue: Belfast Confetti; 1: White Boy in Harlem; 2: Downtown; 3: The Nice Part of the Bronx; 4: Across 110th Street; 5: We Go to Mexico; 6: The Lost World; 7: Valladolid; 8: Sur De La Frontera; 9: The Corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King; 10: A Stolen Car to Oyster Bay; 11: The 7 Train to Woodside; 12: Metro-North; Coda: Eleven Years Later--L.A.
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