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Dennis lehane shutter island book5/31/2023 ![]() He pens a thriller framed in a much deeper exploration into the human landscape. Dark and unsettling, this novel’s end arrives abruptly even as readers are still moving at a breakneck speed. While Mary Pat confronts the men who brutally alter her world, she must face the prejudices that thread through her like poisoned veins. At times, the characters and the emotional core of the events are almost obscured by such quick maneuvering through the weighty plot. Characters utter slurs and racial epithets on every page, reflective of a fear, anger and hate that is not even given a second thought because it has been stamped into their souls. Lehane pens an uncompromising look at racism - Boston and 1974 serve as a microcosm of an American travesty throughout the nation's history and how easily people can misplace their loyalties to people and place. No, it's not easy because the material is not easy. Lehane reels readers into this world and story. Mary Pat Fennessy is white, Irish, already questioning events and her place in her life - middle-aged, dead-end job, utilities cut off, widowed by one husband, abandoned by another, a son dead to heroin - now, after a lifetime and generations of sticking close to Southie, her neighborhood, she has a daughter unhappy about the prospect of being bused across town. ![]() The city is boiling in a stew of humidity and a new busing policy to desegregate the city's schools. The book is set in 1974 Boston, summertime. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Critics Opinion: Readers Opinion: First Published: Apr 2003, 336 pages Paperback: Apr 2004, 416 pages Genres Rate this book Write a Review Buy This Book About this Book Summary Excerpt Chapter One Teddy Daniels father had been a fisherman. ![]()
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