{"product_id":"crooks-a-novel-about-crime-and-family","title":"Crooks: A Novel about Crime and Family","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lou Berney's\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCrooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estands with some of the finest crime novels ever written.\" -- Don Winslow, #1 Internationally bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003epanoramic, cross-generational look at a unique family pursuing their individual visions of the American dream.\" -- Joseph Finder,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've never met a family like the Mercurios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey say the American dream is going farther in life than your parents ever did. But how does that work if your parents are criminals?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBuddy\u003c\/b\u003e, a low-level mob wise guy, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLillian\u003c\/b\u003e, a charming pickpocket, the criminal underworld is the only life they've ever known. When they're forced to flee the glittering Babylon of Las Vegas, they end up opening a club in Oklahoma City--a town that quickly feels like a gold mine of fresh marks and easy new money. Along for the ride are their five children, all of them raised into the family business of crime--until the day comes when they each have a chance to make their own way in the world, even if they can never completely escape the family's long, dark shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe family's Golden Boy, will throw himself into the glittering excesses of a drug-fueled Hollywood in the roaring 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTallulah,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe daredevil, will find herself in the deadly Wild West of post-communist Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe dope, the dumb muscle since he was a kid, wants nothing more than to put down his gun, but following orders is all he's ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe genius who renounced her life of crime long ago, now sees her white-shoe law firm being blackmailed and must tap into old skills to save both the company and her own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiggy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea civilian always on the outside looking in on his crime family, desperate to be part of the gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an epic novel about a truly unforgettable family--each Mercurio has to grapple, in their own way, with the family's powerful criminal legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003ca role=\"button\" class=\"a-declarative\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318621802781,"sku":"9780063445574","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780063445574.jpg?v=1757014982","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/crooks-a-novel-about-crime-and-family","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}