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Coughlin

Ponorte sa do búrlivého života muža, ktorý sa z obyčajného policajta v Bostone dvadsiatych rokov dvadsiateho storočia prepracoval až na vrchol ríše zločinu. Táto sága sleduje jeho cestu naprieč dekádami a kontinentmi, od drsných ulíc Bostonu po exotickú Kubu a pulzujúce Ybor City na Floride. Objavte príbeh o ambíciách, lojalite a nevyhnutných následkoch životných volieb. Je to epický portrét vzostupu a pádu v ére prohibície a za jej hranicami.

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