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Throughout his career, Dennis Lehane (MYSTIC RIVER) has expanded the scope and breadth of his vision, until calling him a crime writer fails to do justice to the complexity of the issues his novels embrace. Though THE GIVEN DAY's protagonist is a Boston cop, the novel--set in 1919 during the bloody Boston police riots--is an epic historical work that tackles issues of racism, baseball, class warfare, and the dreams and corruption of American democracy. Danny Coughlin, a policeman from a wealthy family, finds his values tested by a strike, an Irish girl, and his friendship with a black criminal on the run from the law. Selected as one of the 2008 Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly.
| Size | | Length: | 704 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 34.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] historical epic that is easily the most ambitious work of Dennis Lehane's career...."
(07/01/2008)
"[B]rilliantly constructed and many-tentacled..."
(08/01/2008)
"[A] majestic, fiery epic that moves him far beyond the confines of the crime genre."
(09/17/2008)
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