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The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood.
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened ?? something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever.
Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay ?? demons that urge him to do terrible things. When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood.
A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family, in which people irrevocably marked by the past find themselves on a collision course with the darkest truths of their own hidden selves… (altro)
KingRat: Mystic River and The Strangler share common themes of close people growing up to eventually be on opposite sides of the law, with all sorts of mixed loyalties on all sides. Both are set in Boston and have the same hard-boiled feel to them.
BookshelfMonstrosity: Painful childhood memories haunt the detectives of these dark psychological thrillers. Both authors write their respective cities (Boston and Dublin) with realism that augments the flawed, believable characters' struggles. Their secrets and suspicions offer compelling insight into trust in relationships.… (altro)
Mi resta difficile commentare questo romanzo. E’ un libro che ti lascia senza parole, ma con un tragico senso di ineluttabilità. Per tutto il tempo hai la netta percezione che, qualunque potrà essere la verità, comunque il destino finale dei protagonisti sia già scritto. Ma quando poi arriva ti colpisce duro come una coltellata alla pancia. I personaggi sono belli e complessi. Le loro descrizioni efficaci. Azioni, parole e pensieri si fondono a delineare i caratteri. Terribili, quasi spietate, le donne. E tutto si regge sulla psicologia dei personaggi, per questo mi sembra riduttivo classificarlo semplicemente come un thriller. ( )
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[He] did not understand women. It wasn't the way bartenders or comedians didn't understand women, it was the way poor people didn't understand the economy. You could stand outside the Girard Bank Building every day of your life and never guess anything about what went on in there. That's why, in their hearts, they'd always rather stick up a 7-Eleven. - Pete Dexter, God's Pocket
There is no street with mute stones and no house without echoes. - Gongora
Dedica
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For my wife, Sheila
Incipit
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When Sean Devine and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy Plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.
Citazioni
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You ever think how the most minor decision can change the entire course of your life?
Ultime parole
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More than anything, he hoped Dave, wherever he was, got a little of that.
The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood.
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened ?? something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever.
Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay ?? demons that urge him to do terrible things. When Jimmy's daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy, who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave, who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood.
A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family, in which people irrevocably marked by the past find themselves on a collision course with the darkest truths of their own hidden selves
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E’ un libro che ti lascia senza parole, ma con un tragico senso di ineluttabilità. Per tutto il tempo hai la netta percezione che, qualunque potrà essere la verità, comunque il destino finale dei protagonisti sia già scritto. Ma quando poi arriva ti colpisce duro come una coltellata alla pancia.
I personaggi sono belli e complessi. Le loro descrizioni efficaci. Azioni, parole e pensieri si fondono a delineare i caratteri. Terribili, quasi spietate, le donne.
E tutto si regge sulla psicologia dei personaggi, per questo mi sembra riduttivo classificarlo semplicemente come un thriller. (