Thursday, April 25, 2013

A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR - Dennis Lehane



This is Lehane's debut. I have read most of his later stuff and by reading this you can see how he has grown especially the quality of his dialogue.

As a P.I. mystery this is basic fare with lots of cliche's and cliched characters ( alcoholic cop's, unrequited love) but its worth reading to see how an author starts out and mature's into the something special that Lehane has become.

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