‘A terrific first novel by turns suspenseful, funny, romantic, and sad―in short, a book you won’t be able to put down’
John Burnham Schwartz, author of Reservation Road
‘Astonishing detail ... an unerring sense of place and history ... a fascinating portrait of a criminal’ People magazine
‘With a voice at once sentimental and muscular, Moehringer is like John Irving or Roddy Doyle ... at its core the novel is a love letter to New York’ Entertainment Weekly
‘What Hilary Mantel did for Thomas Cromwell, J.R. Moehringer now does for Willie Sutton’ Newsday