Dennis Lehane: Coronado (USA 2022)

From the Publisher:
Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island.

"Locations are vivid and crisp, characters are memorable and, most importantly, the story lines dig into you and leave their mark." -- Boston Herald

When it comes to contemporary crime fiction there's no territory quite as dangerous and unpredictable as that of New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane. These five short stories and a play are Lehane at his visceral best.

In "Running Out of Dog," a vet returning from Vietnam is asked to redirect the violent skills he learned overseas to deal with his hometown's rampant population of strays. "ICU" follows a hunted man who finds refuge in the oddest place imaginable. Surprises await a gang of Texas high-school football jocks who lay siege to a luxury home in the suburbs in "Gone Down to Corpus." And in "Mushrooms," a simple theft triggers a series of murders that forces a disillusioned young girl to consider her next move. This collection also includes "Until Gwen" and its stage adaptation, Coronado, which expands on the trenchant tale of a morally bankrupt conman father, his ill-fated son, and the woman they have in common.

In Lehane's capable hands, each story faces unflinchingly the darkest depths of the human experience -- sin and redemption, loss and longing, flesh and blood -- delivering a knockout punch that'll have readers reeling.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado. Stories. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780063084902 (January, 2022), 240 p., $16.99.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado (UK 2007)

From the Publisher:
A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle... A young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger... An innocent man is hunted by government agents for an unspecified crime... A boy and girl fall in love while ransacking a rich man's house during the waning days of the Vietnam War... A compromised psychiatrist confronts the unstable patient he slept with... A father and son wage a lethal battle of wits over the whereabouts of a stolen diamond and a missing woman.

In turn suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the heart of our myths - about class, gender, freedom, and regeneration through violence - and reveal that the truth waiting for us there is not what we'd expect.

This collection includes the acclaimed play "Coronado".

Dennis Lehane: Coronado. Stories. Bantam Books, ISBN: 055381818X (September, 2007), 320 p., £6.99.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
Along with completely original material, this new collection is a compilation of the best of Dennis Lehane's previously published short fiction, including "Until Gwen," which was adapted for the stage in 2005 and appears in this book as the play Coronado. By turns suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these powerful tales journey headlong into the heart of our national myths -- and reveal that the truth awaiting us there is not what we would expect.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado. Stories. Harper Perennial, ISBN: 0061139718 (June, 2007), 240 p., $12.95.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle... A young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger... An innocent man is hunted by government agents for an unspecified crime... A boy and girl fall in love while ransacking a rich man's house during the waning days of the Vietnam War... A compromised psychiatrist confronts the unstable patient he slept with... A father and son wage a lethal battle of wits over the whereabouts of a stolen diamond and a missing woman.

In turn suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the heart of our myths - about class, gender, freedom, and regeneration through violence - and reveal that the truth waiting for us there is not what we'd expect.

This collection includes the acclaimed play "Coronado".

Dennis Lehane: Coronado. Stories. Bantam Books, ISBN: 059305752X (September, 2006), 232 p., £10.99.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
From Dennis Lehane, the award-winning author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and the Kenzie-Gennaro series, comes a striking collection of five short stories and a play.

A small southern town gives birth to a dangerous man with a broken heart and a high-powered rifle... A young girl, caught up in an inner-city gang war, crosses the line from victim to avenger... An innocent man is hunted by government agents for an unspecified crime... A boy and a girl fall in love while ransacking a rich man's house during the waning days of the Vietnam War... A compromised psychiatrist confronts the unstable patient he slept with... A father and a son wage a lethal battle of wits over the whereabouts of a stolen diamond and a missing woman...

Along with completely original material, this new collection is a compilation of the best of Dennis Lehane's previously published short stories, including "Until Gwen," which was adapted for the stage in 2005 and appears in this book as the play Coronado.

At turns suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the heart of our national myths -- about class, gender, freedom, and regeneration through violence -- and reveal that the truth waiting for us there is not what we'd expect.

Dennis Lehane: Coronado. Stories. William Morrow, ISBN: 006113967X (August, 2006), 240 p., $24.95.