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![]() | Road to Purgatory (2004) (The second book in the Road to Perdition series) A novel by Max Allan Collins |
New York Times-bestselling author Max Allan Collins has been called "mystery's renaissance man." A master of crime fiction who "effortlessly weaves historical material into a fast-moving narrative" (Booklist), Collins has time and again created gripping plots, unforgettable characters, and gritty period color. Now, in the powerful prose sequel to the Academy Award–winning Road to Perdition, Collins breaks bold new ground in an epic tale of family secrets and heartbreaking betrayal -- a story of love, loss, and family worthy of The Godfather.
It's 1942, and -- from the Atlantic to the Pacific -- the world is torn apart. Ten years earlier Michael O'Sullivan accompanied his gangster father on the road, fleeing from the mobsters who killed his mother and young brother. After an idyllic upbringing by loving adoptive parents in a small Midwestern town, Michael is now deep in the jungles of Bataan, carrying a tommy gun like his father's, fighting the Japanese. When brutal combat unearths deep-buried feelings of violence and revenge, Michael returns to the homefront a battle-scarred veteran of twenty-two, ready to pick up his old war against the Chicago Mob.
Suddenly, Michael "Satariano" must become one of the enemy, working his way quickly up to the trusted side of Frank Nitti, Al Capone's heir, putting himself -- and his soul -- in harm's way. Leaving behind his heartbroken childhood sweetheart, the war hero enters a limbo of crime and corruption -- his only allies: Eliot Ness, seeking one last hurrah as a gangbuster, and a lovely nightclub singer playing her own dangerous game. Even as Michael embraces his father's memory to battle the Mob from within -- leaving bodies and broken lives in his wake -- he finds himself sucked into the very way of life he abhors.
In a parallel tale set in 1922, Michael O'Sullivan, Sr., chief enforcer for Irish godfather John Looney, is about to become a father. The bidding of Looney -- and the misdeeds of the ganglord's crazed son Connor -- put the happy O'Sullivan home at risk. Both Michaels reach a crossroads of violence and compromise as two tales converge into the purgatory of good men trapped in bad lives.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
March 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Road to Purgatory (Thorndike Mystery) Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0-7862-7286-4 / 978-0-7862-7286-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2004 : Hardback
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December 2004 : Hardback
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0-06-054027-3 / 978-0-06-054027-2 (USA edition) Publisher: William Morrow Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2005 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 0-06-054031-1 / 978-0-06-054031-9 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperTorch Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2004 : Paperback
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins Publisher: William Morrow Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
November 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins, Stanley Tucci Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 2004 : Audio CD
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59355-955-0 / 9781593559557 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2004 : Audio CD
| Title: Road to Purgatory (Brilliance Audio on Compact Disc) Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59355-954-2 / 9781593559540 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59355-953-4 / 9781593559533 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59355-952-6 / 9781593559526 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59335-773-7 / 9781593357733 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1-59335-907-1 / 9781593359072 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
November 2004 : Kindle edition
| Title: Road to Purgatory Author(s): Max Allan Collins Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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