May book: Adrink before the war by Dennis Lehane at Jim's May 14

Per Jim S: The May book is A Drink Before the War, by Dennis Lehane, same author as the last book, for which I blame a drink during the last group, namely the rye and whiskey poured by AiDan "Four Fingers" O'Felten. But I will stick with it and we'll see if this unprecedented act of perdition can come out allright in the end. If anyone has already read it and found it to be an unprecedentedly mistaken choice, speak up or forever hold