The Given Day

ISBN-13: 9780552775588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 736 str.

Dennis Lehane

Opis

From the award-winning author of 'A Drink before the War' and 'Prayers for Rain' comes a story set in Boston at the end of the Great War. The two protagonists are Danny Coughlin, a police officer and the son of one of the city's most beloved police captains, and Luther Laurence, a man on the run.

Recenzje

This is a sprawling, enthralling novel... every sentence is a treat, every image vivid... an extraordinary freshness and vitality Sunday Telegraph

O autorze

Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston's inner-city.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a counsellor with mentally handicapped and abused children, waited tables, parked cars, drove limos, worked in bookstores, and loaded tractor-trailers. His one regret is that no one ever gave him a chance to tend bar.

He has an MFA from Florida International University, and is the writer-in-residence at Eckerd College in St Petersburg, Florida, where he runs the Writers in Paradise Writers' Conference.
He and his wife divide their time between St. Petersburg and Boston.

For more information on Dennis Lehane and his novels, visit his website: www.dennislehanebooks.com