
Road to Perdition: The New, Expanded Novel is a movie novelization written by Max Allan Collins in 2016 and based on the movie Road to Perdition, directed by Sam Mendes in 2002. The movie features Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, and others.
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Comic Book by Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner
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Storyline
In 1931, during the Great Depression, Michael Sullivan, Sr. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to meet with McGovern, under orders just to talk, but Connor shoots him, resulting in Sullivan gunning down McGovern’s men. Sullivan’s twelve-year-old son Michael Jr. was hidden in his father’s car and witnesses the event.
Movie vs Book

Year
2002
Minutes
117
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Road to Perdition
Director: Sam Mendes
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Length: 1h57m
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Year
2016
Pages
242
Book Rate
8.98
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Book
Road to Perdition
Subtitle: The New, Expanded Novel
Author: Max Allan Collins
Country: USA
First published in: 2016
Length: 242 pages
Genre: Fiction
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SETH GRAHAME SMITH (Writer, Filmmaker)

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