Weekend Reading: Five Novels about Prohibition
A lot of my friends were worried this week about a potential LCBO strike. Now that a tentative deal has been reached, everyone can relax and read these books set in the Prohibition era. Between 1920 and 1933, a ban on the sale, transportation, and production of alcohol was in place in the United States. During the era, organized crime, bootlegging and smuggling flourished.
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By Starlight by Dorothy Garlock
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
A young woman struggling to support her family is offered a chance to run an illegal speakeasy, unaware that the operation is being investigated by an agent from the Bureau of Prohibition.
Empire State by Adam Christopher
• eBook
Bootleggers, detectives, superheroes and robots battle against an unknown enemy in this alternate reality version of Prohibition era New York.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
Fitzgerald's classic story of Jazz Age excess and decadence. The character of Jay Gatsby is based on real-life bootlegger Max Gerlach.
Live By Night by Dennis Lehane
• Audiobook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
• Large Print
• Talking Book (restricted to Print Disabled patrons)
Although the son of a police captain, Joe Coughlin opts for a life as a gangster and run rummer during the height of the Prohibition era.
The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
• Large Print
The exploits of Bondurant's grandfather, a member of a notorious gang of bootleggers, are fictionalized in this novel.
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