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Sep 23, 2008 · 4.06. 26,755 ratings3,004 reviews. Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times best-selling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future.
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The Given Day is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane published in September 2008; it is about the early twentieth-century period and set in Boston, Massachusetts, where its actions include the 1919 police strike.
- Dennis Lehane
- 2008
Sep 4, 2012 · Paperback – September 4, 2012. by Dennis Lehane (Author) 4.3 5,317 ratings. Book 1 of 3: Coughlin Series. See all formats and editions. "Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive." - The New York Times.
- Dennis Lehane
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- William Morrow & Company
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.
Oct 6, 2009 · The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive." - The New York Times. Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well ...
This beautifully written novel of American history 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 at the end of World War I. Report an issue with this product. Book 1 of 3.
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Oct 17, 2008 · Looking at these tensions in retrospect, “The Given Day” shapes a powerful political argument about Boston’s body politic and shows how such political beliefs could rip and tear at the ...
