![]() ![]() But Harry can't be lured away from the glamour, the power, and the money that come from his association with Louis Buchalter, whom Morris has battled with since his youth and who has risen to become the most ruthless mobster in New York. Morris steadily climbs through the ranks at the factory until at twenty-one he finally goes out on his own, convincing Sol to come work with him. Morris, the youngest, dropped out of school at twelve years old and apprenticed himself to a garment cutter in a clothing factory Sol headed to accounting school but Harry, scarred by a family tragedy, fell in with a gang of thugs as a teenager. Morris, Sol, and Harry Rabishevsky grew up poor and rough in a tiny flat on the Lower East Side, until the death of their father thrust them into having to fend for themselves and support their large family. In his latest novel, Button Man, he delivers a stirring story of a Jewish family brought together in the dawn of the women's garment business and torn apart by the birth of organized crime in New York City in the 1930s. "This is a big, heartfelt handshake of a book, with all the street-scrambling energy that distinguishes the best fiction of Jeffrey Archer and Mario Puzo." – USA Todayįollowing up The One Man and The Saboteur, Gross's next historical thriller brings to life the drama of the birth of organized crime in 1930s New York City from the tale of one family.Īfter a string of New York Times bestselling suburban thrillers, Andrew Gross has reinvented himself as a writer of historical thrillers. Button Man has plenty of zip–and lots of moxie, too." – Wall Street Journal ![]() #THE BUTTON MAN FULL#Gross's direct style is full of sentiment but never maudlin and well-suited to scenes of violent action. ![]()
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