About “The Given Day”

The Given Day is set in Boston at the end of the First World War and follows the intertwined lives of two families, one black and one white, as they navigate a period of intense political and social unrest. The story centers on beat cop Danny Coughlin, who joins a union movement and hunts violent radicals, and Luther Laurence, a man on the run after a deadly confrontation in Tulsa, who works for the Coughlin family while seeking to return to his pregnant wife.

Book details

Published
2008
Latest edition
2008 · ISBN 9780061668210
ISBN
9780061668210

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How many pages is The Given Day?

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane has 1072 pages.

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