1931 — Mike Tucker

"Rich man, poor man, when your world falls apart, you're the same man, alone and hurting like you've never hurt before and trying to find a way to carry on." "'The Klan and the Mob are both in the same business in Maryland, the law-purchasing business. Even in hard times, that's a business making real money in America. You're right, they'll want to negotiate. Fine. They can get a thick fuckin' prayer rug out and negotiate with the Almighty.'" 'Point-blank, provocative and raw, a tour de force of narrative, 1931 is Mike Tucker's best novel, his most unique and distinctive work--authentic and compelling.' Will Layman, American jazz critic, author and educator. 1931 is an epic, riveting Great Depression crime saga and a classic American novel, from the time of the grenade and the tommy gun and the bloody, undeclared, no holds barred war on the streets and shores of the United States, when the Mafia ran bootlegging with an iron fist and the Special Agents of the Bureau of Investigation took on the Mafia from coast to coast.