The Given Day: A Novel [Paperback]

Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive. —New York Times

Now
available with a contemporary look, a beautifully written novel of American
history, set at the end of the Great War; an unflinching, utterly spectacular
family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation dangling between a
well-patterned past and an unpredictable future from acclaimed,New York
Timesbestselling author Dennis Lehane

Dennis
Lehane’s beautifully written novel 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 at the end of World War I. 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.

“Heartfelt and moving. . . . Lehane deserves to be included among the most interesting and accomplished American novelists of any genre or category.” -Washington Post Book World

This may be Lehanes finest work. . . . But The Given Day is more than a history lesson. . . . Lehane captures the essence of being American in a fast-changing society that eerily reflects our own. -USA Today

“The Given Day is a vast historical novel. . . . Spectacular details. . . . Finely thought-out. . . . . Many stunningly managed scenes.” -Boston Globe

“Steeped in history but wearing its research lightly, The Given Day is a meaty, rich, old-fashioned and satisfying tale. I’d call it Lehane’s masterpiece.” -Seattle Times

Passionate and powerful. .l³+