About this book
From inside front cover: Our story opens in Bay City in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Big Sam sees himself as a righteous, truth-seeking patriot, defending the American way, as his Irish immigrant father would have wanted, against a rising tide of left-wing unionism, strikes, and disruption that plague his hometown. At the same time he makes monthly, secret overnight trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a mysterious man on the phone he has never laid eyes on, to pay off Hollywood producers to ensure that they will make only upbeat films that idealize a mythic America: no warts, no injustice uncorrected, only happy endings.
Subjects
DetectivesPoliceGraphic novelsNoir fictionUnion bustingMotion picture producers and directorsPatriotismPrivate investigatorsComic books, stripsComics & graphic novels, crime & mysteryComics & graphic novels, historical fictionnyt:hardcover-graphic-books=2016-08-14New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewed