Iron Man

New York: The Dial Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Spine lightly toned, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 312 pp. Burnett's novel Little Caesar inspired the 1931 film, considered the first gangster movie, and starring Edward G. Robinson in his breakout role. "Coke Mason is a tough fighter. He's got a great left hook, and he can take the punishment. His manager George Regan knows all his strengths and weaknesses - hell, they've known each other since they were kids--and uses them to his advantage to get Coke fired up before every fight. Coke is headed for the top. But he's got one weakness that Regan can't use - Coke's love for Rose, his manipulative wife. Rose has Coke twisted around her finger so tight, Coke can't see straight. But that doesn't bother Coke. Whatever Rose wants is okay with him. Until suave hustler Paul Lewis enters the scene, with a proposition of his own.