![]() These two fictional characters bear the lion's share of the drama, yet they also interact with historical figures such as Babe Ruth, Calvin Coolidge and J. ![]() Lehane, author of Mystic River, is known as a crime novelist, and it shows: The time frame is tight, with the events unfolding in a little over one year, while the cultural canvas is sprawling and epic.Īt the heart of the story are two characters, Danny Coughlin - a golden boy of his time, an Irish cop and the son of a police captain - and Luther Laurence, a talented but disadvantaged black baseball player who gets drawn into a life of crime and spends most of the novel digging himself out. Although at 700 pages it's a full-figured novel, The Given Day is a fast, suspenseful read. ![]()
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