Welcome to Litsy!

While interesting so far, I feel like I'm watching a Looney Tunes cartoon with Rocky & Mugsy... lots of gangs & gangsters with funny nicknames.

Hoping for a slow day so I can get this started later. Only 1 other person has reviewed this on Litsy in 23 years so I'm a little apprehensive but the first chapter, along with pre-Prohibition Coney Island caught me and I'm willing to give it a shot. 🎢🎡🎪

A sweeping, epic portrayal of New York City in the early 20th century, including several characters based on real historical figures, from Sigmund Freud to Tammany Hall‘s Big Tim Sullivan, to more unsavory characters like gangsters Gyp the Blood and Kid Twist. When Kid Twist impulsively slams Gyp the Blood over the head with a shovel and then falls in love with Gyp‘s sister, a seamstress in the Triangle Factory sweatshop, things get dicey!