And All the Saints
by Michael Walsh
No 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 Irish 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.And All the Saints was the winner of the 2004 American Book Award for fiction.PRAISE:"Walsh brings Owen Madden to life....a bright romp, with enough period detail and dialogue to fill ten Cagney films." —Kirkus Reviews"Combining his eminent skills of reportage with the...