Dennis Lehane

a novel

The given day

Boston, 1918. A city in turmoil as soldiers return home from World War One. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny's about to find out that doing his duty may also mean betraying those who are closest to him. Luther Lawrence is on the run. Having survived a murderous confrontation with a crime boss, he lands a job in the Coughlin household. Desperate to find a way home for his pregnant wife, Luther is determined to avoid trouble. But it isn't long before his dangerous past and his tenuous present collide - with life threatening consequences. As the city goes into meltdown, Danny and Luther must confront the storm of violence that threatens to engulf them if each is to survive...

The Given Day

Amazing historical fiction about the Boston strike of 1919.

After an economically devastating war, and many years of inflation, the Boston police force finds itself way below the poverty line.

This story follows a couple fictional characters to recreate the conditions that led so that frightful strike and its consequences.

Nicholas Charriere

Amazing historical fiction about the Boston strike of 1919.

After an economically devastating war, and many years of inflation, the Boston police force finds itself way below the poverty line.

This story follows a couple fictional characters to recreate the conditions that led so that frightful strike and its consequences.

Melody Izard

So many things that are addresses are things that are going on now.

Patrick Baumann

Amanda Gilson

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.

The given day a novel

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