The Given Day - Softcover

Lehane, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380731878 ISBN 13: 9780380731879

Publisher: Avon A, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

The Given Day stands in the great tradition of the American novel, setting an enthralling personal story against a great sweep of history. The result is epic, romantic and intelligent. I loved it.

Book Description:

Once every couple of years, a Big Literary American novel comes along and blows everyone away. This is it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon A
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0380731878
• ISBN 13: 9780380731879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704