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NocrimefigureofourtimeinfluencedthecourseofmodernAmericanculturethewayOwenMaddendid.StartingastheleaderoftheGophers,themostviolentIrishstreetganginHell'sKitchen,theimmigrantMaddenrosetoprominenceastheleadingbrewerandbootleggerinProhibitionNewYork.Induecourse,healsobecameMaeWest'slover,thefounderandproprietoroftheCottonClub,theowneroffiveheavyweightchampionsoftheworld,themanwhogavehischildhoodfriendGeorgeRafthisbigbreakinHollywood,andmore.Now,MichaelWalshhascreatedafictionalizedmemoirthatusesMadden'svoicetotracehislifefromhisboyhoodinEnglandtohisheydayinNewYorkandbeyondinoneofthemostcolorfulandengrossingbooksoftheseason.