Kirkus starred moehringer relays, in electrifying prose, the highs and lows of sutton s dramatic life. During a lifelong criminal career, sutton stole more than two million dollars and cashed in on the urban legend that he robbed banks because, thats where. Born in the slums of brooklyn in the first year of the twentieth century, willie sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. Free download or read online the tender bar pdf epub book. Moehringers novel cracks vault on robber willie sutton. Discover book depositorys huge selection of j r moehringer books online. Moehringer is a work of fiction but the protagonist, willie sutton actually existed.
Jr moehringer brings to life one of the most interesting and notorious criminals of the 20th century. He graduated from saguaro high school in scottsdale in 1982. Gangsters have always held a special place in american literature, and moehringer s fictional biography of bank robber willie sutton is a welcome addition. As a boy, jr would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to. Even though he spent half of his adult life in jail, he was a folk hero, and by the time they released him on christmas eve, 1969, the media was all over it. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came. He brings a raconteurs grace and rhythm to his first novel, sutton, a stirring portrait of willie the actor sutton. Blending vast research with vivid imagination, pulitzer prizewinner j. How is willie sutton an atypical criminal, unlike those more commonly found in gangster movies and noir novels. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Moehringer has said in interviews that he was motivated to write sutton after the 20082009 crash brought on by the housing bubble and reckless decisions by bankers. Sutton saw only one way out and only one way to win the girl of his dreams. In moehringer s retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove sutton. The story opens on christmas eve, 1969, with sutton s release from attica at age 68. What hilary mantel did for thomas cromwell and paula mclain for hadley hemingway. R moehringer book 45 editions published between 2012 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 2,295 worldcat member libraries worldwide. However, sutton only offered one interview, which resulted in a terse article that included lies, or at. Moehringer and sutton read the transcript or hear a podcast of fresh airs terry gross interview with j.
Moehringer, a pulitzer prize winning journalist, had previously written the autobiography of his first 25 years, the tender bar. I knew next to nothing about willie sutton, so it was great to learn about him and have my curiosity aroused. Moehringer until a couple of weeks ago when a library blog recommended his novel sutton, a fictionalised biography of american bank robber willie sutton. If they werent taking brazen risks, they were shamelessly seeking bailouts. Moehringer brings willie sutton blazing back to life.
The new york times bestseller and one of the 100 most notable books of 2005. He graduated from yale university in 1986 he began his journalism career as a news assistant at the new york times. Its a book based on the life of willie sutton, a wellknown bank. Willie sutton was born in the squalid irish slums of brooklyn, in the first year of the twentieth century, and came of age at a time when banks were out of controlover three decades, from prohibition through the great depression, from the age of al capone until the reign of murder inc. From the halls of the white house to kitchen tables all over the region mcgraw milhaven seems to be a nationally recognized talk show personality. Jr moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before jr spoke his first words. Moehringer inventories sutton s obsessive, if mainly doomed, breakouts. Augmented by dylan bakers marvelous performance captures the complex sutton with credibility. Two actors perform a onehour reading in the style of radio drama, with music and effects david supplies voices of the world and the law. In the tradition of this boys life and the liars club, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar.
When willie sutton walked from attica prison on christmas, 1969, the irish, brooklynborn bank robber reemerged as a. Willie sutton was born in the slums of brooklyn in spring of 1901 and. Journalist and author of the tender bar 2005 and sutton 2012. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are j.
Moehringer was born in new york city and was raised by a single mother in manhasset, new york and, later, in scottsdale, arizona. In all sutton s crimes and confinements, his first love and first accomplice was never far from. The tender bar download the tender bar ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub. Moehringer is a speaker at this mornings adult book and author breakfast, and he will also be at table 11 in the autographing area, 10. Author of the bestselling memoir, the tender bar, he is also the coauthor of open by andre agassi. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions, and soaring unemployment, sutton. Willie sutton was born in the irish slums of brooklyn in 1901, and he came of age at a time when banks were out of control. However, the story itself was a little off for me, too written around a love story that doesnt even seem to have really existed. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Moehringer the tender bar brings the famous bank robber willie sutton to life in this stirring work of historical fiction. Moehringer does for bank robber willie sutton in this fascinating. Moehringer does for bank robber willie sutton in this fascinating biographical novel of americas most successful bank robber newsday. That he was a voracious reader because those who love to read cant be all bad, right. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by j.
In 1990, he moved to breckenridge, colorado, and worked at the rocky mountain. Entertainment weekly a captivating and absorbing read. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 432 pages and is available in paperback format. It was the voice of his father, a new york city disc jockey who vanished before j.
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