Dennis Lehane’s 14th novel Small Mercies is set in 1970s Boston, where racial tensions hit home when a powerful central character learns humbling lessons
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane; Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater; The Wintering Place by Kevin McCarthy; Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison; and The Lock-Up by John Banville
The author of Gone, Baby, Gone, Mystic River, and Shutter Island uses school desegregation in 1970s Boston as a backdrop for a crime thriller that explores the legacies of racism.
I was depressed for days. But I am purely delighted to report that he has written one, and that it is a marvel well worth the wait. Which is good, because you’ll have to wait a little longer.