A brawling, brawny, muscular epic—exactly what great mainstream novels used to be.

Dennis Lehane is the author of ten previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night, Moonlight Mile, Gone, Baby, Gone, Mystic River, Shutter Island, and The Given Day, as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He lives in California with his family.

Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, The Given Day tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom.