Pretty Boy Floyd

About “Pretty Boy Floyd”

The book is set in 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, and follows Charley Floyd, a young man from Oklahoma working as a baker's helper at the Kroger Bakery, who commits his first armored car robbery and quickly becomes a national figure. The narrative traces his rise to fame through a series of bank heists, relationships with several women including Ma Ash, Ruby, Beulah, and Mamie, and his pursuit by federal agents, particularly J. Edgar Hoover, who sees him as a means to elevate the Bureau of Investigation.