Eliot Ness also makes an appearance and John Looney is quite a bit different than his movie counterpart played by Paul Newman (called John Rooney in the film.) In the novel, we meet a cast of characters including real-life criminals Al Capone and his enforcer Frank Nitti. and his son as an unlikely duo to find the killers and avenge their loved one’s deaths. One day, Annie and Peter are murdered and it’s up to Michael Sr. Michael has a wife (Annie) and two sons–Michael Jr. You owe them money and don’t pay–Michael will make you pay the ultimate price. Michaels is known as the “Angel of Death” and a ruthless enforcer for the Looney family. works for the Looney family and sees the head boss Michael Looney as a father figure. The novel is the first in a series on a gangster family–the O-Sullivan’s. This returns the Margos to the graphic novel genre for the first time since Batman. The world of midwest Prohibition-era gangster life is the subject of this episode of Book Vs Movie with Road to Perdition–the 1998 graphic novel from Max Allan Collins and the 2000 film directed by Sam Mendes. The Margos Return to Graphic Novels in This Special Episode
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