The internationally bestselling author of MYSTIC RIVER returns with a riveting new work.
Dennis Lehane was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He
has written seven novels- A Drink Before the War; Darkness, Take My
Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River;
Shutter Island and a short story collection, Coronado. Mystic River
was turned into an Oscar-nominated film, directed by Clint Eastwood
and starring Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Dennis Lehane 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 lives in the Boston area.
From the author of Mystic River comes a tough, taut collection of
short stories, each exploring big crimes in small towns...No one
writes such edgy material with so much style.
*DAILY MIRROR*
Coronado is a collection of short stories, exquisite fragments with
jagged edges and raw emotions.
*GUARDIAN*
Vintage Lehane, complete with the gallows humour.
*DAILY MAIL*
A brilliant, insightful and intriguing literary voyage.
*BOSTON HERALD*
His ability to create crystal clear portraits of humanity and then
place them in the darker side of life is a writer's true gift'
*USA TODAY*
Lehane (Mystic River) hints in the first of these five richly vernacular (and, save one, previously published) stories and one play that "a small town is a hard place to keep a secret." In "Running Out of Dog," two Vietnam vets return to their hometown of Eden, S.C., and become tragically entangled with the wife of a man whose rich family kept him out of the war. Class resentment similarly erupts in "Gone Down to Corpus," set in back-water Texas, 1970, as a group of high school football players breaks into the house of rich kid Lyle, who fumbled the big pass at the last game. They drunkenly wreck the house and are shocked by the appearance of Lyle's younger sister, Lurlene, who is eager to join the party. The collection's centerpiece is "Until Gwen," which has also been adapted by Lehane into a two-act play, Coronado. Transcribed, the play revolves around the edgy reunion of a hustler father and his son, Bobby, newly released after four years in prison. It quickly becomes apparent that Bobby's father has retrieved him only to find out where the heist loot is hidden, and Bobby, in turn, needs to know what happened to his girlfriend, Gwen. Powerfully envisioned lives, recounted unflinchingly. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
The cream of Lehane's short fiction; look for "Until Gwen," basis of Lehane's recent Off-Broadway venture, Coronado. With a six-city tour. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
From the author of Mystic River comes a tough, taut
collection of short stories, each exploring big crimes in small
towns...No one writes such edgy material with so much style. --
DAILY MIRROR
Coronado is a collection of short stories, exquisite fragments with
jagged edges and raw emotions. -- GUARDIAN
Vintage Lehane, complete with the gallows humour. -- DAILY MAIL
A brilliant, insightful and intriguing literary voyage. -- BOSTON
HERALD
His ability to create crystal clear portraits of humanity and then
place them in the darker side of life is a writer's true gift' --
USA TODAY
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