| Empire Rising Contributor(s): Kelly, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312425740 ISBN-13: 9780312425746 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: When an Irish immigrant working on the construction of the Empire State Building meets an alluring artist who just happens to be a paramour of a major gangster, life suddenly turns exhilarating--and dangerous. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004008580 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.00 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1930, and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building. One of the thousands of men who will come to work high above the city is Michael Briody, an Irish immigrant torn between his desire to make a new life in America and his pledge to gather money and arms for the Irish republican cause. When he meets Grace Masterson, an alluring artist who is depicting the great skyscraper's rise from her houseboat on the East River, Briody's life suddenly turns exhilarating--and dangerous--for Grace is also a paramour of Johnny Farrell, Mayor Jimmy Walker's liaison with Tammany Hall and the underworld. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kelly, Thomas: - Thomas Kelly is the author of The Rackets and Payback. He lives in New York City. |