The Resource A drink before the war, Dennis Lehane
A drink before the war, Dennis Lehane
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Resource Information
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- Summary
- Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston--they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: uncover the where-abouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Note
-
- "A novel"--Cover,
- Includes excerpt from Moonlight Mile (p. 325-351)
- Isbn
- 9780062049100
- Label
- A drink before the war
- Title
- A drink before the war
- Statement of responsibility
- Dennis Lehane
- Subject
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- truePoliticians
- trueKenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- trueDorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
- Suspense fiction
- truePrivate investigators
- trueHardboiled fiction
- trueViolence in gangs
- trueMysteries
- trueWomen private investigators
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Private investigators
- trueGangs
- Family violence
- trueCrime
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- trueWorking class
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueFamily violence
- trueMissing women
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- truePolitical corruption
- Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
- Family violence -- Fiction
- trueBoston, Massachusetts
- Fiction
- trueConspiracies
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Private investigators -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American household employees
- trueGennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston--they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: uncover the where-abouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her
- Summary
- Private detective partners Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find Jenna Angeline, a missing black cleaning woman who allegedly stole confidential state documents, but as their investigation becomes complicated by rival gang leaders, extortion, child prostitution, and assassination reaching to the highest levels of government, they discover that their target has been framed
- Award
- Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel, 1995.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 004393
- Cataloging source
- AMP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lehane, Dennis
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro novels
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- Private investigators
- Family violence
- Boston (Mass.)
- Family violence
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- Private investigators
- Massachusetts
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A drink before the war, Dennis Lehane
- Note
-
- "A novel"--Cover,
- Includes excerpt from Moonlight Mile (p. 325-351)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn732077748
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062049100
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732077748
- Label
- A drink before the war, Dennis Lehane
- Note
-
- "A novel"--Cover,
- Includes excerpt from Moonlight Mile (p. 325-351)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn732077748
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062049100
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)732077748
Subject
- trueAfrican American household employees
- Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
- trueBoston, Massachusetts
- trueConspiracies
- trueCrime
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
- Family violence
- trueFamily violence
- Family violence -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGangs
- trueGennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character)
- Gennaro, Angela (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueHardboiled fiction
- trueKenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character)
- Kenzie, Patrick (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Massachusetts -- Boston
- trueMissing women
- trueMysteries
- truePolitical corruption
- truePoliticians
- Private investigators
- truePrivate investigators
- Private investigators -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueViolence in gangs
- trueWomen private investigators
- trueWorking class
Genre
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueHardboiled fiction
- trueMysteries
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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