Speaker 1: Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Dennis
Speaker 1: Lahane's one of the best writers to come out of
Speaker 1: Boston bar none, and I just finished his latest called
Speaker 1: Small Mercies. The action takes place in nineteen seventy four
Speaker 1: in an extremely tense time court ordered school bussing in
Speaker 1: the South Boston Projects. We meet Mary Pat Fenessy, whose
Speaker 1: teenage daughter Jules, one night, doesn't come home. Mary Patt
Speaker 1: is desperate to find her. At the same time, a
Speaker 1: young black teenager dies in a suspicious subway incident, and
Speaker 1: the two might be connected. The central character, Mary Pat,
Speaker 1: is cut from a tough breed, smoking, drinking, swearing, and
Speaker 1: for much of the novel letting her prejudices and racism
Speaker 1: rule her thinking. The black characters also exhibit racism. The
Speaker 1: language in this book might offend some people, but it's
Speaker 1: brutally realistic, with lots of tension and crime. A whitey
Speaker 1: Bulger like figure is at the heart of much of
Speaker 1: the misery in Southey. Dennis Lahane at his best Small Mercies.
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