The Given Day

Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s extraordinary eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads where past meets future. Filled with a cast of richly drawn, unforgettable characters, “The Given Day” tells the story of two families–one black, one white–swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power. Coursing through the pivotal events of a turbulent epoch, it explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself.

Author: Dennis Lehane
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 722
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.38w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780380731879
Language: English