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Dennis Lehane - Given Day, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Given Day

Av Dennis Lehane

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Beskrivning
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 a job in the Coughlin household. But it isn't long before his dangerous past and his tenuous present are on a life-threatening collision course. As the city goes into meltdown, Danny and Luther must confront the storm of violence that threatens to engulf them if each is to survive...
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2010-02-04
  • Mått: 143 x 198 x 48 mm
  • Vikt: 512 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 736
  • Förlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780552775588
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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 MFA from Florida International University, and is the writer-in-residence at Eckerd College in St Petersburg, Florida, where he runs the Writers in Paradise Writers' Conference.He and his wife divide their time between St. Petersburg and Boston.For more information on Dennis Lehane and his novels, visit his website: www.dennislehanebooks.com

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This is a sprawling, enthralling novel... every sentence is a treat, every image vivid... an extraordinary freshness and vitality

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