The "unexpectedly moving" story of dumb luck and the American Dream
set in South Philly from the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author (
Entertainment Weekly). What would you do if you found a million
dollars? When Joey Coyle did, he was a twenty-eight-year-old
drug-dependent, unemployed longshoreman living with his ailing mother
in a tight-knit Philadelphia neighborhood. While cruising the streets
just blocks from his home, fate took a turn worthy of a Hollywood
caper when he found $1.2 million in unmarked bills—casino money that
had fallen off an armored truck. It was virtually untraceable. Coyle?
Not so much. Over the next seven days, fueled by euphoria,
methamphetamine, and paranoia, Coyle shared his windfall with everyone
from his eight-year-old niece to total strangers to a local mob boss
who offered to "clean" it. All the while, Det. Pat Laurenzi and
members of the FBI were working around the clock to find it. No one
was prepared for how Coyle's dream-come-true would come tumbling down,
or what would happen when it did. From "a master of narrative
journalism" comes the incredible true-life thriller of an ordinary man
with an extraordinary dilemma, and the complicity, concern, and
betrayal of friends, family, and neighbors that would prove his
undoing ( The New York Times Book Review). "A miniature
serio-comedy about life in the city." — The Washington Post
"Masterfully reported and artfully paced." — Entertainment Weekly
"A taut, fast-paced tale." — The Baltimore Sun
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The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781555846077
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter