From New York Times-bestselling author Lehane comes a beautifully written novel of American history, set at the end of the Great War.
Coursing through the pivotal events of a turbulent epoch, it explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself..
Filled with a cast of richly drawn, unforgettable characters, The Given Day 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.
Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, bestselling author Dennis Lehane\'s extraordinary eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads where past meets future.
From New York Times-bestselling author Lehane comes a beautifully written novel of American history, set at the end of the Great War
