J.R. Moehringer est un journaliste et auteur américain dont l'œuvre explore en profondeur la quête d'identité et de sens dans le monde contemporain. Par sa narration magistrale et ses observations perspicaces, il dissèque les relations humaines complexes et les défis de l'entrée dans l'âge adulte. Son style est à la fois intime et universel, touchant les lecteurs sur le plan émotionnel et intellectuel. Les récits de Moehringer résonnent longtemps après la dernière page, offrant des aperçus profonds de notre expérience humaine partagée.
Willie Sutton was born in the Irish slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the 20th century, and came of age at a time when banks were out of control. Over 30 years, from Prohibition through the Great Depression, from the age of Al Capone until the reign of Murder Inc., police called Sutton one of the most dangerous men in New York.
"In the tradition of This Boy's Life, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar."--Cover.
Een meeslepende schelmenroman, gebaseerd op het leven van de legendarische bankrover Willie SuttonDe jonge bankmedewerker Willie Sutton is hartstochtelijk verliefd op Bess. Maar als Amerika in de jaren twintig wordt getroffen door de Grote Depressie en Willie zijn baan kwijtraakt, ziet hij zijn kansen op een huwelijk slinken. Aangemoedigd door zijn grote liefde kraakt Willie zijn eerste kluis en de geliefden slaan op de vlucht. Een heel nieuwe carrière in het bankwezen gloort aan de horizon.
In the grand tradition of landmark memoirs, this classic American story explores self-invention and escape, highlighting the fierce love between a single mother and her only son. J.R. Moehringer, captivated by the voice of his absent father—a New York City disc jockey—sought understanding of masculinity and identity. His mother was his rock, but he yearned for something more, something he could only hear in The Voice. At eight, when The Voice vanished from the radio, J.R. turned to a local bar, discovering a chorus of new voices. There, he encountered a diverse group of men—cops, poets, bookies, and soldiers—who shared their stories and provided a fatherhood-by-committee. J.R. found mentorship in figures like Uncle Charlie and Colt, who took him to the beach and ballgames, helping him navigate his dual influences: his mother’s strength and the bar’s allure. As he embarked on various life journeys—from a dilapidated grandfather's house to Yale, and from a retail job to a challenging role at the New York Times—the bar remained a seductive sanctuary, offering refuge from failure and heartbreak. This memoir is suspenseful, wrenching, and achingly funny, portraying one boy's struggle to become a man while revealing how men often remain, at heart, lost boys.