Lush Life

A gritty, sprawling crime novel set in the 1980s New York City underworld, following a mobster's rise and fall through a decade of violence, betrayal, and the slow erosion of loyalty. Told across several interwoven chapters, it traces the lives of those caught in the orbit of the mob — from the ambitious Frankie Tino to the women and men around him — as their choices and the city's ruthless code take their toll.