A Drink Before the War

Resumen del libro

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are tough private investigators who know the blue-collar neighbourhoods and ghettos of Boston's Dorchester section as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential Statehouse documents. But finding Jenna proves easy compared to staying alive.

The investigation escalates, implicating members of Jenna's family and rival gang leaders, while uncovering extortion, assassination and child prostitution extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of state government. With slick, hip dialogue and a lyrical narrative pocked by explosions of violence, "A Drink Before the War" confronts a city in which institutionalized bigotry and corruption are often the norm, and the true nature of 'racial incidents' is rarely clear. Dennis Lehane's remarkable debut is at once a pulsating crime thriller and a mirror of our world, one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home, and the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Dennis Lehanex{0026}lt;/B (Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1965) descubrió su vocación de escritor en el Eckerd College y realizó un curso de escritura creativa en la Universidad Internacional de Florida. Debutó en 1994 con x{0026}lt;I Un trago antes de la guerrax{0026}lt;/I , premio Shamus y primera de una larga lista de novelas llevadas a la gran pantalla con enorme éxito. Ha participado como guionista en las series The Wire , Boardwalk Empire y Bloodline , así como en Mr. Mercedes . Ha ganado los premios Shamus, Edgar, Anthony y Barry a la mejor novela, el Massachusetts de ficción y, en España, el XII Premio Pepe Carvalho de 2017. En Salamandra ha publicado también x{0026}lt;I La entregax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Ese mundo desaparecidox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Después de la caídax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Cualquier otro díax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Mystic Riverx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Un trago antes de la guerrax{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P