The given day

a novel

704 pages

English language

Published May 2, 2008 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-688-16318-1
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4 stars (9 reviews)

Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling 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. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, 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. Beat cop Danny Coughlin, the son of one of the city's most beloved and powerful police captains, joins a burgeoning union movement and the hunt for violent radicals. Luther Laurence, on the run after a deadly confrontation with a crime boss in Tulsa, works for the Coughlin family and tries desperately to find his …

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1 star

Too long and I didn't care about the characters. Only redemption was that I learned about the Boston police strike in 1915 and the red scare - neither of which I'd know (much) about. He tried to weave in a minor plotline with Babe Ruth that made no sense to me. Wouldn't recommend.

Review of "Un pays à l'aube" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Dennis Lehane avait déclaré lors du FIRN 2007 qu’il ne reprendrait pas la série des Kenzie & Gennaro, à moins d’avoir besoin de se faire construire une piscine. Apparemment, il a finalement eu besoin d’une piscine, puisque qu’il a ajouté un épisode à la saga, Moonlight Mile. Mais entre-temps, Lehane nous a pondu un roman hors norme, qui sort de ses intrigues policières habituelles. En quelques mots, on pourrait dire qu’Un pays à l’aube concentre tout ce que l’on peut trouver de mieux chez Lehane. Et plus encore. Au moins. Dennis Lehane est un grand, il n’y a qu’à lire Mystic River, Shutter Island ou n’importe quel épisode de Kenzie & Gennaro pour se prendre une belle baffe à chaque fois.

Cette fois-ci l’auteur abandonne le polar mais ne renie pas pour autant le milieu policier. Il plante son décor à Boston, à la fin de le Première Guerre mondiale, …

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Subjects

  • Boston (Mass.). -- Police Dept. -- Fiction
  • Police Strike, Boston, Mass., 1919 -- Fiction