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Small Mercies is a 2023 crime-mystery novel by American author Dennis Lehane. The novel takes place in Boston in the summer of 1974, and centers Irish Mob conflicts, a missing teenaged white girl, and a Black man's murder, in the days approaching the first day of school during the Boston busing crisis .
Apr 25, 2023 · Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city’s desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.
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Apr 25, 2023 · 4.30. 46,817 ratings4,849 reviews. The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history.
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Apr 24, 2023 · Fiction. Dennis Lehane’s Latest Depicts Boston’s Desegregation Battles. His novel “Small Mercies” takes place in the tumultuous months after a 1974 order to integrate the city’s schools...
Apr 25, 2023 · Small Mercies: A Detective Mystery. Kindle Edition. by Dennis Lehane (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 16,709 ratings. Editors' pick Best Books of the Year 2023. See all formats and editions. Instant New York Times Bestseller. “Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can’t-put-it-down entertainment.”. — Stephen King.
Apr 28, 2023 · At once a crime novel, a deep, unflinching look at racism, and a heart-wrenching story about a mother who has lost everything, this narrative delves into life in the projects at a time when the...
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Apr 22, 2023 · SIMON: Dennis Lehane's new novel, "Small Mercies," is set during that summer of 1974. A Black student dies in a baffling subway accident. A white teenage girl goes missing. And a note to...
