In this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, James Carroll chronicles the lives of two brothers, Nick and Terry Doyle, as they strive to move beyond the strictures of their working-class Charlestown neighborhood to the city below. Though one brother is drawn to the worlds of politics and real estate and the other to the underworld of organized crime, their fates remain inextricably linked as each struggles to break free of the blood tie holding him captive to the past. As in his previous best-selling novels Mortal Friends and Family Trade, James Carroll seamlessly blends fiction and history to create a gripping tale of family bonds and ethnic violence, vows and betrayals, and political intrigue in the inner sanctums of both church and state.
- ISBN10 1299888127
- ISBN13 9781299888128
- Publish Date 1 January 1996 (first published 1 April 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format eBook
- Language English