The Given Day - Softcover

"Steeped in history but wearing its research lightly, The Given Day is a meaty, rich, old-fashioned and satisfying tale. I'd call it Lehane's masterpiece."--Seattle Times

"A historical epic that is easily the most ambitious work of Dennis Lehane's career. . . . THE GIVEN DAY aspires to be nothing less than the Great American Novel. . . . If Lehane was ever a singles hitter, now he's swinging for the fences."--Kirkus Reviews

"This may be Lehane's finest work. . . . But The Given Day is more than a history lesson. . . . Lehane captures the essence of being American in a fast-changing society that eerily reflects our own."--USA Today

"A brawling, brawny, muscular epic--exactly what great mainstream novels used to be."--Lee Child

"[A] work of admirable ambition and scope. . . . Lehane is as much like contemporaries George Pelecanos and Richard Price as he is like the bygone Boston-based John P. Marquand, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"The Given Day is a vast historical novel. . . . Spectacular details. . . . Finely thought-out. . . . . Many stunningly managed scenes."--Boston Globe

"Rollicking, brawling, gritty, political, and always completely absorbing, THE GIVEN DAY is a rich and satisfying epic. Readers, get ready to feast. This is a big book you won't want to put down."--Stewart O'Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster, A Prayer for the Dying, and Snow Angels

"The problem falls to readers to find something--anything--that doesn't pale in comparison once they've closed the covers on this 720-page masterpiece. Quite simply, THE GIVEN DAY is about as close to the great American novel as we're likely to read until ... well, until Lehane writes another."--BookPage

"A gripping historical novel. . . . Infused with the same dark drama that set apart his earlier books."--Parade

"[Lehane] deserves to be included among the most interesting and accomplished American novelists of any genre or category. . . . A powerful moment in history, and Lehane makes the most of it. . . . Heartfelt and moving."--Washington Post Book World

Present an epic tale set at the end of World War I that follows the experiences of a family whose lives mirror the political unrest of an America caught between its well-patterned past and an unpredictable future.