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by: Dennis Lehane  List Price: $12.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.14 You Save: $1.81 (14%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780061139710 ISBN: 0061139718 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: November 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: November 06, 2007 Studio: Harper Perennial Sales Rank: 141003 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Along with completely original material, this new collection is a compilation of the best of Dennis Lehane's previously published short fiction, including "Until Gwen," which was adapted for the stage in 2005 and appears in this book as the play Coronado. By turns suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these powerful tales journey headlong into the heart of our national myths—and reveal that the truth awaiting us there is not what we would expect. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Coronado: StoriesThis is my first Dennis Lehane book, and he is a fine writer. He explores many aspects of human nature in his stories, occasionally with a subtle touch of irony. The themes of the stories are sometimes depressing, but they help one gain insight into other people, other places. Rating:  - Nothing novel here - just short stories and a playIn Patrick Anderson's Triumph of the Thriller, the author identifies four authors as the modern masters of the thriller: George Pelecanos, Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane. I've not yet read any Pelecanos and I think that Harris's output has been far too sparse and erratic to qualify for "master" status, but I have no objection to Connelly. As far as Lehane, I have enjoyed almost everything he's written (except for Shutter Island). Like Connelly, however, Lehane has achieved ... Read More Rating:  - URGH......Don't start here with Dennis LehaneDennis Lehane is quickly becoming my one of my favorite authors, and I was very excited to see something new for him (short stories), but these just are not very good. Some stories have potential, but they just don't get developed and others are just BORING. If you've never read Lehane, I recommend him HIGHLY, just don't start with this book. Rating: - Give us another good novelI'm not a short story reader and I had hoped the next Lehane would be a Patrick McKenzie. Will wait. Rating:  - I'm Glad I Read This One LastI have been a big fan of Dennis Lehane over the years and have read all of his Patrick Kenzie novels and was hungry for more of his writing. I saw two books by him on Amazon that were not part of the Kenzie series and bought them just because Lehane was the author. The first book was "Shutter Island" and I loved it. The other book was "Coronado" and I thought it was horrible. Even though Dennis Lehane's name is on the cover, I have trouble believing that the same man who wrote all those other great ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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