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The Given Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
Lehane, whose previous novels include "Mystic River" and "Gone, Baby, Gone," sets his latest at the end of the First World War, as waves of immigration, uneasy race relations, and agitation over labor issues culminate in a police strike in Boston. Danny, a patrolman and the son of a powerful captain, pursues a pair of anarchists determined to create chaos but also finds himself drawn to the growing police union; Luther, a talented black baseball ...
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