“The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City,”

HOLLYWOOD ,CA(Hollywood Today)9/21/2010–HBO’s new series “Boardwalk Empire,” featuring Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, premiered Sunday night to rave reviews. If you were hoping to catch up on the back story before viewing the rest of the series, the audio book of Nelson Johnson’s hit novel “Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City” is now available on Audible.com.

Audible.com brings listeners the basis of the series through the audiobook narrated by Joe Mantegna (The Godfather Part III, The Simpsons Movie). The audiobook also includes a foreword narrated by Terence Winter, who wrote and produced the first episode of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and was also a producer on “The Sopranos.”

To learn more about Audible.com and Nelson Johnson’s “Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City,”

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From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reaching history offers a riveting account of its past 100 years, from the city’s heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era.

A colorful cast of characters, led by Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Atlantic City’s shadowy past through its rise, fall, and rebirth is given new light in this revealing, and often appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime.

Boardwalk Empire encompasses the history of Atlantic City from its first settlement through the Trump years. A particularly rich segment of Atlantic City’s history is Prohibition, when “Nucky” Johnson held sway and Atlantic City became the sun- and sin-soaked playground for New York and Philadelphia; in fact, this portion of the book is the inspiration for the upcoming HBO series Boardwalk Empire. We hope you enjoy this free sample of the audiobook and a glimpse into the luxe world of “Nucky” Johnson!