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The Given Day
Dennis Lehane
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Description for The Given Day
Paperback. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who, in the aftermath of World War One, are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny soon finds his ideals compromised as his family starts to question where his loyalties really lie. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
1918. Boston. A city in turmoil as soldiers return home from World War One, bringing with them an epidemic of Spanish influenza.
Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who, in the aftermath of war, are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny soon finds his ideals compromised as, drawn into the conflict, his family starts to question where his loyalties really lie.
Luther Lawrence is on the run. Having survived a murderous confrontation with a crime boss, he lands ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552775588
SKU
V9780552775588
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-70
About Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston's inner-city. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a counsellor with mentally handicapped and abused children, waited tables, parked cars, drove limos, worked in bookstores, and loaded tractor-trailers. His one regret is that no one ever gave him a chance to tend bar. He has an ... Read more
Reviews for The Given Day
This is a sprawling, enthralling novel... every sentence is a treat, every image vivid... an extraordinary freshness and vitality
Sunday Telegraph
This is a book with Big Ambition written all over it: a thick, doorstopping, compulsively readable epic
The Times
Wrenchingly suspenseful... A majestic, fiery epic [with] a rich, intricate story
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Sunday Telegraph
This is a book with Big Ambition written all over it: a thick, doorstopping, compulsively readable epic
The Times
Wrenchingly suspenseful... A majestic, fiery epic [with] a rich, intricate story
The New York Times ... Read more