[a:Dennis Lehane|10289|Dennis Lehane|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1227580381p2/10289.jpg]'s [b:Small Mercies|61812308|Small Mercies|Dennis Lehane|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1675645342l/61812308.SY75.jpg|97027640] is a decent enough book, but I found myself wishing it were better. The first third is strong in it's descriptions of character, time, and place. The small anachronisms (1959 Ford Country Sedans were station wagons and didn't have trunks) don't detract too much.
 It is, by the way, more of the grimmest novels out there.
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