Given Day

A Novel

By Dennis Lehane | Publisher: HarperCollins

About the book

\"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.\" - The New York Times

Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history 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 at the end of World War I.

Editions of Given Day

Paperback
ISBN 9780063083745
EBook
ISBN 9780061982286

Read an Excerpt

\"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.\" - The New York Times

Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history 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 at the end of World War I.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Given Day about?

\"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.\" - The New York Times

Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history 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 at the end of World War I.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Given Day?

Fiction > Crime and / or mystery fiction

Where can I read a sample of Given Day?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780063083745

Is Given Day part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Joe Coughlin Series

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Given Day?

Dennis Lehane

Who is the Publisher of the book Given Day?

HarperCollins

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Given Day is available as paperback(ISBN 9780063083745) and ebook(ISBN 9780061982286)

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