About this title: From Lehane, the award-winning author of "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island" comes a brilliant collection of five short stories and a play. At turns suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the myths about class, gender, freedom, and violence.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 08/2006
ISBN-13:9780061139673ISBN:006113967X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 232 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 08/2006
ISBN-13:9780061139673ISBN:006113967X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 232 p. read more
Description: Very Good. 0061139718 Very Good Condition **Softcover**--Exactly as pictured--EXACT ISBN MATCH--cover has very minor shelf wear at tips of corners and minor spine creases, No personalizations, No marks in the text at all. Tight and well bound. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780061139710ISBN:0061139718
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Loved it. If you don't eat up Lehane's novels (and you should) try these accessible shorts, especially the creepy "Until Gwen" which contains many of the seemy elements that are recurring themes in his mysteries. The title play Coronado expands upon the story line of Until Gwen but the format (play script) does make for a choppy read."
"A friend loaned me this book so I could read "Until Gwen," a short story told in second person. (Highly recommended.)
I ended up reading a couple other stories before giving the book back. I think the blurb from Entertainment Weekly found in the first few pages says it best:
"Lehane has a startling capacity for assessing broken people."
Highly recommended as a good writing and engrossing stories with the disclaimer: the stories are moody, the characters are often deeply fractured, and Lehane is not afriad of brutal violence. In other words, read this book, but don't make it your last read of the day (like I did) because it will just depress you."
"This and The Given Day demonstrate that Lehane is not just a great mystery writer, he is a great writer.
It is true that the stories are uneven. Until Gwen is brilliant and Coronado is an excellent retelling of the story. Mushrooms, Down to Corpus, and Running Out of Dog, are not as solid, but effectively convey the themes of hopelessness of an emerging generation of blue collar kids/the lost opportunity of a similar aging generation that is seen in many of Lehane's books, especially Mystic River. ICU has an interesting, suspensful tone by the plot, especially the ending give the impression of an initial draft of an idea that has promise but that has not been fully developed.
Overall, a good read and a must read for Lehane fans!"
"This short book of short stories was captivating. And dark. Death, destruction, and depression abound. The storeis are tightly woven and action-packed. But I sometimes felt abandoned by the author, who left me wondering where the characters came from and what would become of them.
I'm looking forward to more books by Dennis Lehane; I will add Mystic River to my "to read" list."
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