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Begun as a wry story of low level crime set in Boston, Lehane's short novel is a rich mix of humanity, compassion and sudden violence. Animal Rescue was the tale of a lonely and deceptively harmless barman who finds a dog, adopts it and quickly finds himself wrapped in conflict with local hoods and confronted by a terrible dilemma; Lehane has now also expanded it into a movie script (with Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini) which has relocated the action to Brooklyn but is otherwise remarkably faithful to the book.
Small-time crime, badly emotionally bruised but utterly believable characters, crime at its most basic, the ordinary poetry and camaraderie of bar life: no one does this better than Lehane. Low key but indispensable.
The film version of The Drop is released in UK cinemas on Friday 14 November 2014. Click below to view the trailer.
New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's TheDrop is a crime story, a love story, and ultimately a journey of faith, setin Boston's underworld.
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New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's TheDrop is a crime story, a love story, and ultimately a journey of faith, setin Boston's underworld."[A] gritty gem...astark and moving short novel." - Publishers WeeklyTwo days after Christmas, Bob Saginowski, a lonely bartenderlooking for a reason to live, rescues an abused and abandoned pit bull puppyfrom a trash can and meets a damaged woman named Nadia Dunn looking forsomething to believe in.As their relationship grows, they cross paths with theChechen mafia, who have taken over his cousin Marv's bar and use it as a moneydrop; Marv himself, who has grown dangerously desperate with age and thwartedhopes; two hapless stick-up artists who make the mistake of robbing the bar; avery curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, a psycho named EricDeeds, who wants his dog back. . .
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The Drop was written by Dennis Lehane and published by William Morrow Paperbacks an imprint of HarperCollins
The Drop has 224 pages
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