An edition of The Given Day: a novel (1999)

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An edition of The Given Day: a novel (1999)

Given Day

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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 way home to his pregnant wife.Here, too, are some of the most influential figures of the era — Babe Ruth; Eugene O'Neill; leftist activist Jack Reed; NAACP founder W. E. B. DuBois; Mitchell Palmer, Woodrow Wilson's ruthless Red-chasing attorney general; cunning Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge; and an ambitious young Department of Justice lawyer named John Hoover.Coursing through some of the pivotal events of the time — including the Spanish Influenza pandemic — and culminating in the Boston Police Strike of 1919, The Given Day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself. As Danny, Luther, and those around them struggle to define themselves in increasingly turbulent times, they gradually find family in one another and, together, ride a rising storm of hardship, deprivation, and hope that will change all their lives.

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Cover of: The given day
The given day
2012, William Morrow
in English - 1st William Morrow pbk. ed.
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Un pays à l'aube
2010, Éditions Payot & Rivages
Texte imprimé / in French
Cover of: Cualquier Otro Día
Cualquier Otro Día
2010, Rba Libros
in Spanish
Cover of: Ett land i gryningen
Ett land i gryningen
2009, Bonnier
in Swedish - [Ny utg.].
Cover of: Un pays à l'aube
Un pays à l'aube
2009, Rivages
in French
Cover of: The Given Day
The Given Day: A Novel
September 15, 2009, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: The given day
The given day
2009, Black Swan
in English
Cover of: Given Day
Given Day
May 26, 2009, Harper, Brand: HarperCollins
paperback
Cover of: Miasto niepokoju
Miasto niepokoju
2009, Prószyński i S-ka
in Polish
Cover of: Naquele Dia
Naquele Dia
Nov 13, 2009, Companhia das Letras
paperback in Portuguese
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De infiltrant
2008, The House of Books
in Dutch

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720

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OL32236505M
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0061804304
ISBN 13
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