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The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane
“The Given Day” may not be the ecstatic “yes” its scope implies — it’s too long, and peopled by too many cartoonish villains — but it does represent a huge leap forward for Lehane. The novel begins with a terrific set piece about Babe Ruth (then with Boston) riding a train back home with his teammates. On a long stop in Ohio, they strike up a game with black factory workers, who open up a quick lead — until the white players begin to cheat. It’s an ominous foreshadowing of things to come: the rich playing by different rules, corporations doling out leisure time in drips, themes Lehane has hammered at in his fiction.
Book Review – ‘The Given Day,’ by Dennis Lehane – Review – NYTimes.com.
Dennis Lehane is one of those authors whom I will let take me anywhere. He wants to take a break from his usual style of novels and do something completely different? I’m still there and this novel sounds very interesting so its no skin off my bones to read it.