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The Given Day

By Dennis Lehane

Book information

Publisher
Harper Perennial
Year
2009
ISBN
0380731878, 9780380731879
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3951504 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
717\717
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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