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Title: Coronado: Stories
Author: Dennis Lehane
ISBN: 9780061139710
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 232
Publisher Description: <p><strong>Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Mystic River</em> and <em>Shutter Island</em>.</strong></p><p><strong>"Locations are vivid and crisp, characters are memorable and, most importantly, the story lines dig into you and leave their mark." <em>--Boston Herald</em></strong></p><p>When it comes to contemporary crime fiction there's no territory quite as dangerous and unpredictable as that of <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Dennis Lehane. These five short stories and a play are Lehane at his visceral best.</p><p>In "Running Out of Dog," a vet returning from Vietnam is asked to redirect the violent skills he learned overseas to deal with his hometown's rampant population of strays. "ICU" follows a hunted man who finds refuge in the oddest place imaginable. Surprises await a gang of Texas high-school football jocks who lay siege to a luxury home in the suburbs in "Gone Down to Corpus." And in "Mushrooms," a simple theft triggers a series of murders that forces a disillusioned young girl to consider her next move. This collection also includes "Until Gwen" and its stage adaptation, <em>Coronado</em>, which expands on the trenchant tale of a morally bankrupt conman father, his ill-fated son, and the woman they have in common. </p><p> In Lehane's capable hands, each story faces unflinchingly the darkest depths of the human experience--sin and redemption, loss and longing, flesh and blood--delivering a knockout punch that'll have readers reeling.</p>
Author: Dennis Lehane
ISBN: 9780061139710
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 232
Publisher Description: <p><strong>Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Mystic River</em> and <em>Shutter Island</em>.</strong></p><p><strong>"Locations are vivid and crisp, characters are memorable and, most importantly, the story lines dig into you and leave their mark." <em>--Boston Herald</em></strong></p><p>When it comes to contemporary crime fiction there's no territory quite as dangerous and unpredictable as that of <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Dennis Lehane. These five short stories and a play are Lehane at his visceral best.</p><p>In "Running Out of Dog," a vet returning from Vietnam is asked to redirect the violent skills he learned overseas to deal with his hometown's rampant population of strays. "ICU" follows a hunted man who finds refuge in the oddest place imaginable. Surprises await a gang of Texas high-school football jocks who lay siege to a luxury home in the suburbs in "Gone Down to Corpus." And in "Mushrooms," a simple theft triggers a series of murders that forces a disillusioned young girl to consider her next move. This collection also includes "Until Gwen" and its stage adaptation, <em>Coronado</em>, which expands on the trenchant tale of a morally bankrupt conman father, his ill-fated son, and the woman they have in common. </p><p> In Lehane's capable hands, each story faces unflinchingly the darkest depths of the human experience--sin and redemption, loss and longing, flesh and blood--delivering a knockout punch that'll have readers reeling.</p>
