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jakewritesbooks 's review for:
Gangland
by Chuck Hogan
Truthfully, I did not expect this to be as good as it was. I hadn’t liked Chuck Hogan’s last book and while I enjoyed the movie version of “The Town,” I’m assuming the book version is chock full of stereotyped Bostonians doing One More Job. Maybe that’s unfair and I’m more inclined to give it a shot because this historical crime book was so well done. Hogan made the characters—real and fictional—come alive in an authentic Chicago setting with a gangster tale that hummed with verve and verisimilitude. I was drawn into Nicky’s story in ways I didn’t expect (and ways you probably won’t expect either). Great book. One of my favorite crime reads of the year.