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SMALL MERCIES - DENNIS LEHANE KARTONIERT (TB)

Lehane is the master of complex human characters thrust into suspenseful  page-turning
situations' Gillian Flynn 'One of the great diabolical thriller kings' New York Times New York
Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River - an
all-consuming tale of revenge  family love  festering hate  and insidious power  set against
one of the most In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is
trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the
housing projects of 'Southie'  the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old
tradition and stands proudly apart. One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late
and doesn't come home. That same evening  a young Black man is found dead  struck by a subway
train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat  propelled
by a desperate search for her missing daughter  begins turning over stones best left untouched
- asking questions that bother Marty Butler  chieftain of the Irish mob  and the men who work
for him  men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business. Set against the hot 
tumultuous months when the city's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence 
Small Mercies is a superb thriller  a brutal depiction of criminality and power  and an
unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.

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