The Big Crowd

A New York Times Editors' Choice

"The Big Crowd is nothing short of a modern masterpiece." -- Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo

Tom O'Kane has always looked up to his brother, Charlie, latching onto him as a surrogate father as soon as he arrived in America from County Mayo. Charlie is the American Dream personified: an immigrant who worked his way up from beat cop to mayor of New York. But what if Charlie isn't as wonderful as he seems?

More than a decade after Tom arrives in New York, he is forced to confront the truth about Charlie while investigating the mysterious "suicide" of Kid Twist, Charlie's star witness against the largest crime syndicate in New York. As Tom digs deeper, the secrets he uncovers throw everything he thinks he knows about his beloved brother into question.

Based on one of the biggest unsolved mob murders in history, The Big Crowd brings the 1940s to indelible life, from the beaches of Acapulco to the battlefields of World War II, from Gracie Mansion to the Brooklyn docks.

"A masterwork of historical fiction." -- Parade

Author: Kevin Baker
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.22w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780544334564

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/05/2014 pg. 28

About the Author
Baker, Kevin: - KEVIN BAKER is the author of the New York' City of Fire trilogy: Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Strivers Row. He was the chief historical researcher on Harold Evans' best-selling history, The American Century, and has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more.