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) [...]

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Patrick Kenzie is missing and presumed dead.
No, it’s not the latest plot line for a Dennis Lehane whodunit. It’s a sad fact for the best-selling author. The character who helped him sell a million books and launch a bankable career just doesn’t speak to him anymore.
“At first, I was ready for a break and I [...]

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On to my second lot of novels I’d like to see get made into a movie, or, in the case of the first, maybe a tv series.
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Swan Song is a fantastic book.  It has so much going for it and I think it would make a very interesting adaptation for TV.  [...]

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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
2. Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers) by John Sandford (Putnam Adult)
3. The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)
4. Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult)
5. The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)

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The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane
Lehane certainly knows how to spin a yarn, and even if “The Given Day” seems overstuffed – it’s hard to keep track of all the terrorist organizations, for one thing – its twists and turns keep it moving. Lehane also knows how to reimagine history, vividly dramatizing one [...]

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The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane
Now, in “The Given Day,” Lehane has done something brave and ambitious: He has written a historical novel that unquestionably is his grab for the brass ring, an effort to establish his credentials in literary as well as commercial terms. Immense in length and scope, it is set [...]

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5. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Old crimes cast long shadows; an attack on a child decades ago leads, by a dark winding road, to the murder of a young woman. This is another one that smashes huge holes in the walls that used to surround the genre. A lot of people used to look down [...]

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“American Wife: A Novel,” by Curtis Sittenfeld (RH, Sept.). A sweet, bookish girl grows up to become a librarian — and the first lady of the United States.
“Anathem,” by Neal Stephenson (Morrow, Sept.). The author of “Cryptonomicon” returns with a story about a medieval monk battling a looming catastrophe.
“And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their [...]

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Hardcover
The Activist: John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the Myth of Judicial Review by Lawrence Goldstone
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum
American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Blood Memory by Margaret Coel
Blue Genes by Christopher Lukas
The Book of Lies by Brad [...]

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