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AND ALL THE SAINTS by MICHAEL WALSH
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SummaryNo crime figure of our time influenced the course of modern
American culture the way Owen Madden did. Starting as the
leader of the Gophers, the most violent Irish street gang
in Hell's Kitchen, the immigrant Madden rose to prominence
as the leading brewer and bootlegger in Prohibition New
York. In due course, he also became Mae West's lover, the
founder and proprietor of the Cotton Club, the owner of
five heavyweight champions of the world, the man who gave
his childhood friend George Raft his big break in
Hollywood, and more. Now, Michael Walsh has created a
fictionalized memoir that uses Madden's voice to trace his
life from his boyhood in England to his heyday in New York
and beyond in one of the most colorful and engrossing books
of the season.
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