Length9h 6m
About this audiobook
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—delivers a psychologically, morally complex novel of blood, crime, passion, and vengeance, set in Cuba and Ybor City, Florida, during World War II, in which Joe Coughlin must confront the cost of his criminal past and present.
Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlin’s enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joe’s son, Tomás, is growing up. Now, the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wife’s homeland.
A master who moves in and out of the black, white, and Cuban underworlds, Joe effortlessly mixes with Tampa’s social elite, U.S. Naval intelligence, the Lansky-Luciano mob, and the mob-financed government of Fulgencio Batista. He has everything—money, power, a beautiful mistress, and anonymity.
But success cannot protect him from the dark truth of his past—and ultimately, the wages of a lifetime of sin will finally be paid in full.
Dennis Lehane vividly recreates the rise of the mob during a world at war, from a masterfully choreographed Ash Wednesday gun battle in the streets of Ybor City to a chilling, heartbreaking climax in a Cuban sugar cane field. Told with verve and skill, World Gone By is a superb work of historical fiction from one of “the most interesting and accomplished American novelists” (Washington Post) writing today.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (32.8K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, General Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length9 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byJim Frangione
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 10, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Series
More from Dennis Lehane
Live by NightDennis Lehane14h 44m4.0 (37.4K)$33 · $0.00
The DropDennis Lehane5h 26m3.9 (20.9K)$24 · $0.00
Mystic RiverDennis Lehane15h 24m4.2 (201K)$33 · $0.00
Small MerciesDennis Lehane10h 24m4.2 (77.4K)$29 · $0.00
Moonlight MileDennis Lehane8h 41m3.9 (33.5K)$26 · $0.00
Shutter IslandDennis Lehane6h 2m4.2 (262.4K)$24 · $0.00
Shutter IslandDennis Lehane14h 43m4.2 (274.9K)$29 · $0.00
Since We FellDennis Lehane12h 2m3.7 (57K)$29 · $0.00
SacredDennis Lehane10h 33m4.1 (27.9K)$29 · $0.00
Prayers for RainDennis Lehane12h 57m4.2 (55.8K)$33 · $0.00
Darkness, Take My HandDennis Lehane12h 16m4.3 (40.6K)$29 · $0.00
A Drink Before the WarDennis Lehane8h 48m4.0 (57.1K)$29 · $0.00
Gone, Baby, GoneDennis Lehane13h 36m4.3 (117.7K)$33 · $0.00
CoronadoDennis Lehane3h 13m3.7 (4.8K)$18 · $0.00
The Given DayDennis Lehane23h 54m4.1 (34.6K)$53 · $0.00
Mystic RiverDennis Lehane5h 25m4.2 (197.5K)$24 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book SetToshikazu Kawaguchi18h 55m4.5 (1.4K)$40 · $0.00
The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller11h 15m4.3 (2.3M)$29 · $0.00
The Left and the LuckyWilly Vlautin6h 40m4.4 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Hunt of the DragonJuliette Cross9h 46m4.4 (736)$20
Deadly GameChristine Feehan13h 20m4.3 (15.8K)$30
THE RETURN OF THE KINGJ.R.R. Tolkien21h 5m4.7 (1.2M)$7 · $0.00
WildfireIlona Andrews12h 45m4.5 (62.9K)$33 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Treasure Island (Adventure Classic with Illustrations)Robert Louis Stevenson8h 50m4.5 (11.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Lola in the MirrorTrent Dalton13h 40m4.5 (43.9K)$33 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
The Leo Tolstoy CollectionLeo Tolstoy9h 1m4.5 (4.9K)$12 · $0.00
Sword and ShadowMichelle Sagara16h 51m4.5 (2.2K)$40 · $0.00
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith14h 55m4.4 (577.6K)$33 · $0.00
Dark GuardianChristine Feehan12h 32m4.5 (26.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Neil Gaiman ReaderNeil Gaiman27h 3m4.5 (3.2K)$53 · $0.00
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien10h 51m4.4 (4.9M)$12 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (670)$28 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
Courage Under FireSharon Dunn5h 50m4.5 (730)$24 · $0.00
Decoding the TruthJulie Miller7h 31m4.6 (350)$12 · $0.00
Murder Gone ColdB.J. Daniels5h 50m4.5 (562)$12 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky22h 22m4.4 (1.3M)$0.60 · $0.00
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky23h 14m4.4 (1.3M)$1 · $0.00
Exit FeeBrad Taylor3h 16m4.5 (1.9K)$18 · $0.00
Sworn to ProtectShirlee McCoy5h 7m4.5 (1K)$12 · $0.00
The Last RemainsElly Griffiths9h 41m4.4 (37.3K)$29 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4m4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
You may also like
Fools DieMario Puzo19h 45m3.7 (8.6K)$32
The Reluctant KingK’wan6h 22m4.4 (1.7K)$17
L.A. TimesStuart Woods3h 8m4.0 (3.2K)$18 · $0.00
BlowBruce Porter13h 43m4.2 (2.8K)$23
Champion of the WorldChad Dundas13h 42m4.1 (462)$23 · $0.00
Father GoriotHonoré de Balzac11h 21m4.0 (88.2K)$1 · $0.00
The Last DonMario Puzo18h 53m3.8 (20.4K)$32
An Outcast of the IslandsJoseph Conrad11h 1m3.6 (1.8K)$12 · $0.00
Gotti's RulesGeorge Anastasia9h 28m3.8 (2.2K)$29 · $0.00
Falling GlassAdrian McKinty9h 39m4.1 (3.7K)$20
Father GoriotHonore de11h 12m4.0 (83K)$3.50 · $0.00
Catching the Wolf of Wall StreetJordan Belfort16h 39m4.2 (5.3K)$28 · $0.00
Airtight Willie & MeIceberg Slim6h 40m4.2 (592)$17
The SecretaryRenée Knight8h 23m3.6 (8.4K)$26 · $0.00
City on FireDon Winslow8h 55m4.1 (45.6K)$29 · $0.00
Rigged JusticeJohn Vandemoer7h 9m4.3 (309)$24 · $0.00
The Last KiloT. J. English22h 7m4.2 (594)$46 · $0.00
City in RuinsDon Winslow8h 57m4.4 (18.3K)$29 · $0.00
Animal 3K’wan6h 33m4.6 (2.8K)$20
Animal 2K’wan9h 36m4.6 (4.4K)$20