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Apr 25, 2023 · A novel of revenge, family, and racism in Boston in 1974, by the author of Mystic River. Read ratings, reviews, and quotes from the book, or join the discussion with other readers.
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Small Mercies is a 2023 crime-mystery novel by American author Dennis Lehane. The novel takes place in Boston in the summer of 1974, and centers Irish Mob conflicts, a missing teenaged white girl, and a Black man's murder, in the days approaching the first day of school during the Boston busing crisis .
Apr 25, 2023 · Dennis Lehane takes us back to Boston in his latest book Small Mercies. It's 1974 and the schools are being desegregated - and the neighborhood of Southie is determined that's not to happen. The Irish American neighborhood crime gang is the one who make the rules in Southie - not the cops.
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Apr 24, 2023 · SMALL MERCIES, by Dennis Lehane. In June 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. declared that in order to end de facto racial segregation in Boston’s public schools, a percentage of students...
Apr 25, 2023 · 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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Apr 25, 2023 · The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer 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 tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history.
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Apr 25, 2023 · The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer 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 tumultuous episodes in Boston’s history.
- Dennis Lehane
