Historical Fiction
The Million Dollar Wound
1986·352 pages
Nate Heller, a war-damaged PI, battles memories and the Mob in 1940s Hollywood and Chicago.
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Nate Heller, a war-damaged PI, battles memories and the Mob in 1940s Hollywood and Chicago.
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From a foxhole on Guadalcanal (shared with Barney Ross) to the glitzy underworld of Hollywood in the '40s, Nate Heller fights his memories and the Mob. Something happened at the Canal, something Heller's blocking out. What he can't block, though, is the wound he received-the million-dollar wound, the one that got him home. Back in the States, and back in Chicago, he becomes involved once again with Frank Nitti during the gang boss' last violent days, and with the gangland attempts to take over t...
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Brief romantic involvement with burlesque performer Sally Rand
Violence & gore
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War combat on Guadalcanal plus multiple gangland murders and killings
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Hardboiled noir dialogue with moderate strong language
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Alcohol consumption in social and criminal settings
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Organized crime attempts to control movie industry unions
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Abuse & suffering
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PTSD from combat and repeated gang-related violence
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