Coughlin Trilogy · Book 1
The Given Day
- Published
- 16 September 2008
- Pages
- 720
- ISBN-13
- 9780061779084
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Given Day opened the Coughlin Trilogy on September 16, 2008, its 720 pages -- by far the longest of the three -- weaving the 1919 Boston police strike and the influenza pandemic around the Coughlin family and real historical figures like Babe Ruth.
Its place in Coughlin Trilogy
The Given Day is book 1 in the Coughlin Trilogy series. It is followed by Live by Night. See the full Coughlin Trilogy reading order.
The Coughlin Trilogy is Dennis Lehane's sweeping departure from contemporary Boston crime fiction into twentieth-century American history, following the Coughlin family -- Irish-American, Boston police -- and in particular Danny and later Joe Coughlin across three decades of Prohibition, organised crime, and social upheaval. The Given Day (2008) opens with the 1919 Boston police strike and the influenza pandemic, weaving Babe Ruth and real historical figures into a story about labour, race, and the limits of…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061779084