Table of Contents

I. * Titan * Why Not? * Dynasts * The Builders * Guappo * Silk Stockings * Brother Theo * Sisters * Ruffiano * Kid Blackie * Nobodys Fool II. * Hard Guys * Succession * Compares * Politicos * The Wheaton Ice Man * Hes Irish, Hit Him Again! * Arrivederci * The Privileged III. * Capone * Reasonable Fellows * Zenith * Swan Songs * Four-Square * The Last Good Year * Perfida * The Last Good Year * Satchmo * The First Really Bad Year * Power * A Soldier Dead * Hunger * Nadir * Time and Chance * Child of the Romans

About the Author

Curt Johnson has published five novels and over sixty short stories, including selections of the O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Short Stories. In addition, he has edited four anthologies of fiction and published four books of nonfiction. He lives in Chicago.