Mystic River

dennis lehane

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up in their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys for ever. ISBN 0593044762.

Genres mysteryfictionthrillercrimemystery thrillersuspensebook clubdramanovelscontemporary

401 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2001

Literary awards

barry award, macavity award, anthony award, hammett prize, dilys award, massachusetts book award, deutscher krimi preis, prix des libraires du québec,

Places

boston massachusetts,

This edition

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 2001 by William Morrow \u0026 Co., Inc.
ISBN: 9780593047507
ASIN: 0593047508
Language: English

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About the author

dennis lehane

Dennis Lehane (born Aug 4th, 1966) is an American author. He has written several novels, including the New York Times bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award winning film, also called Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon (Lehane can be briefly seen waving from a car in the parade scene at the end of the film). The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction, and France's Prix Mystere de la Critique.