The closest parallel to Kennedy's novel in the manipulation of Prohibition-era historical figures through the fiction is E. L. Doctorow's treatment of Diamond's contemporary and rival, Dutch Schultz in his 1989 work Billy Bathgate. Another recent work, nonfiction, Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguy, captures the gangster ambiance of Legs without attempting to convey the same sense of style and social malaise that is so important to Kennedy's work. Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1969).....
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