Review: 'World Gone By' by Dennis Lehane — chicagotribune.com

“I ... love being a gangster!” says Rico, one of the lower-level crime bosses in Dennis Lehane's terrific “World Gone By.” Now, there's something you never hear the gloomy dons in “The Godfather” and “The Sopranos” utter. (To be fair, Rico's version is a bit more colorfully emphatic, but still). Rico doesn't just love the life because he gets to shoot people and slit throats: “We wake up every day and find new ways to screw the system,” he says. “Don't take a knee for anyone, don't line up in rows of two for anyone. We make our lives, make our rules, make our way like men.”

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