Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Four of his novels were adapted into award-wining films of the same names: Mystic River (2003), Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016). [--Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Lehane)
Given Day
Given Day
Synopsis
In 1918 Boston, a young Irish-American patrolman named Danny Coughlin goes undercover to infiltrate a radical group of men plotting an uprising against the city's police force. His investigation leads him and his partner into a dangerous conspiracy that stretches from the streets of Boston to the Black Wall Street district in Tulsa, Oklahoma — where a separate tragedy unfolds with devastating consequences for both cities.
Vibe
Genres
Characters
Aiden "Danny" CoughlinProtagonist
An Irish-American Boston police patrolman and son of a prominent detective, who goes undercover to infiltrate the radical Letts' group.
Luther LaurenceProtagonist
A talented Black baseball player from Columbus, Ohio, whose life is upended by the events in Boston and Tulsa.
Subjects
Edition
Given DayHardcover, 2009
720 pages
Transworld Publishers LimitedLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97803856153415 editions available
