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Little Caesar

W. R. Burnett

1974158 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1974
first published
  • 1929Literary Guild of America · 308 pages · ENG
  • 1968Hodder & Stoughton · 158 pages · ENGISBN 9780340043158
  • 1989No Exit Press · 158 pages · ENGISBN 9780948353536
  • 2002RosettaBooks · ENGISBN 9780795300523
  • 1998Holiday house · ENGISBN 9781883402785
  • 1986Carroll & Graf Publishers · 308 pages · ENGISBN 9780881842357
  • 2005Kessinger Publishing · 316 pages · ENGISBN 9781417914500
  • 1985Amereon Limited · 184 pages · ENGISBN 9780891904854

The story of a small time hoodlum who rises to become a leading gangster in prohibition era Chicago. This book was made into a movie by the same title.

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AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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