Title: Coronado Author: Dennis Lehane Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2006 ISBN: 0061139718 Pages: 232 Keywords: fiction Reading period: 12 January, 2008
A collection of short stories and a play, all characteristically dark. Tales of fucked-up lives, tales of people with shitty pasts and no futures, tales of revenge.
Lehane writes brilliantly. His spare description, his dialogue brings the characters to life on the page.
The play, "Coronado", is adapted from an earlier short story, "Until Gwen" — also part of this collection. The repetition does not feel redundant. The play fleshes out the short story, telling it in a different manner.
Recommended, but depressing.
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