Empire Rising

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.

Author: Thomas Kelly
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/24/2006
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780312425746

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/05/2006 pg. 20

About the Author

Thomas Kelly is the author of The Rackets and Payback. He lives in New York City.

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