This is a sprawling, enthralling novel... every sentence is a treat, every image vivid... an extraordinary freshness and vitality
Sunday Telegraph
This is a book with Big Ambition written all over it: a thick, doorstopping, compulsively readable epic
The Times
Wrenchingly suspenseful... A majestic, fiery epic [with] a rich, intricate story
The New York Times
The acclaimed author of <i>Mystic River</i> has produced a contender for the Big American Novel... not only a powerful, beautifully written novel, but the best kind of history lesson
Daily Mail
<i>The Given Day</i> stands in the great tradition of the American novel, setting an enthralling personal story against a great sweep of history. The result is epic, romantic and intelligent. I loved it
- KATE ATKINSON,
Produktdetaljer
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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