OPERATION UNDERWORLD

‘Due Facce della stessa Medaliglia’.

Genre: Historical fiction based on a true story

Pages: 365

ISBN: 978-1-904086-71-0

Reviews:

“A fascinating and lesser-known part of Mafia and WWII history, this brilliantly-researched novel is quite an eye-opener!”

- Shelly Marsden IrishWorld, London

"Dock workers shout and swear coarsely. You can almost smell the creosote and tobacco smoke as they do while the impression of a New York metropolis coming into its own is particularly potent. As a narrator he never has us at a loss as to our location, and using something of a film maker's palate, he lets the streets and dock-sides of New York become a central character in their own right."

- Hilary A. White, The Sunday Independent, Ireland

“Like a sunken treasure ship this truly intriguing story has been excavated."

- Irish Daily Mail, London

“I was a bit wary as I began reading, thinking the use of colloquial speech and vocabulary would make the book hard going. However I was wrong; instead it gives the book a distinctive flavour, alongside the descriptions of a bustling New York.”

- Annette Hart, Reviews Online:

Some Reader Comments:

“I felt compelled to write and tell you that once into the last fifty pages, on my way home one evening last week, I missed my train stop by two stations reading the chase scene at the end."

- Christina, Philadelphia,PA

"Just a quick "Thank you" for Operation Underworld. Being a girl, I'm usually not a fan of crime-related stuff, but I got this one off my boyfriend's shelf to read something during a trip - and boy, did the trip seem shorter!"

- Irene, Rome, Italy

"I have been a history enthusiast for many years, and was frankly bowled over by the historical accuracy of the novel, as well as the effectiveness of the device used to carry the story. Historical fiction so often tends to be either too dry to capture one's interest for long, or superficial fun to read, but at the expense of historical accuracy. With Operation Underworld, Mr. Kelly seems to have found the happy medium that balances both. Now of course, we are all anxiously awaiting his next historical novel."

- Lt. Geoffrey Meade, U. S. N., San Antonio, Texas

“I am greatly enjoying Operation Underworld. The visual and auditory image of the two guys in the hold of the ship striking the water valve in unison to the choral strains of the Anvil Chorus made me burst out laughing! That is such a great visual, in such a weird context!”.

- Paul O’Connor,Dublin, Ireland

T.L.S. Normandie the morning after the fire.