Second in his historical trilogy centred on the Coughlin clan of Boston. The third Couglin son, Joe, who we last met as a cocky twelve-year-old, has embarked upon a life of crime and soon gets embroiled with some of Boston's nastier elements. It's a fast-paced story of hoodlums and gorgeous dames which also contains a description of prison life so grim if makes The Shawshank Redemption look like Porridge.