- Mass Market Paperback: 437 pages
- Publisher: Harper; Reissue edition (Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061374199
- ISBN-13: 978-0061374197
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 950,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cheese Olamon, "a six-foot-two, four-hundred-and-thirty- pound yellow-haired Scandinavian who'd somehow arrived at the misconception he was black", is telling old high school friends, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, why they have to convince another mutual chum, dealer Bubba Rugowski, that Cheese didn't try to have him killed. "You know I'm clean when it comes to what happened to him. You want me alive. Okay? Without me, that girl will be gone. Gone-gone. You understand? Gone, baby, gone."
Of all the chilling, completely credible scenes of sadness, destruction and betrayal in Dennis Lehane's fourth and possibly best book about Kenzie and Gennaro, this moment stands out because it captures in a few pages the essence of Lehane's success.
Private detectives Kenzie and Gennaro, who still live in the same working-class Dorchester neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, where they grew up, have gone to visit drug dealer Cheese in prison because they think he's involved the kidnapping of 4-year-old Amanda McCready. Without sentimentalising the grotesque figure of Cheese, Lehane tells us enough about his past to make us understand why he and the two detectives might share enough trust to save a child's life when all the best efforts of traditional law enforcement have failed. By putting Kenzie and Gennaro just to one side of the law (but not totally outside--they have several cop friends--a very important part of the story), Lehane adds depth and edge to traditional genre relationships. The love affair between Kenzie and Gennaro--interrupted by her marriage to his friend--is another perfectly controlled element that grows and changes as we watch. Surrounded by dead, abused and missing children, Kenzie mourns and rages; Gennaro longs for one of her own. The choices made by both of them in the final pages of this absolutely gripping story have the inevitability of life and the dazzling beauty of art.
Other Kenzie/Gennaro books available in paperback are: Darkness, Take My Hand, A Drink Before the War, Sacred. -- Dick Adler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Lehane tackles corruption in many forms as he brings his complicated plot to its satisfying resolution, at the same time leaving readers to ponder moral questions about social and individual responsibility long after the last page is turned." -- "Publishers Weekly
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title."Gone, Baby Gone is a tough, true powerful story written by a stunningly good novelist, one of our very best." -- James Patterson
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Gennaro and Kenzie are yet again on a multi-faceted trail involving some of the most disturbing sides of humanity. This time we are on the trail of a missing child, lost drug money; all disappearing in to thin air. Although there are references to other books - the forward pace of the storyline is maintained throughout. I love Bubba (wouldn't want to be on his wrong side though!) and Lehane manages to weave deep emotions throughout; in fact, this one made me cry. If you've never read Lehane before, buy this one, read it, and they buy the rest. You won't regret it.
Hope he doesn't take too long writing the next one.
Hope he doesn't take too long writing the next one.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I cried when I read parts of this. I think a key part of Lehane's writing abilities are how the characters are human - flawed and realistic. Even the good guys have off days or less than noble thoughts - and the bad guys occasionally surpise you with deeds that you'd expect too noble for them. And as for Bubba - he's in a class of his own. Read all of these books - he deserves to be a star in the UK.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lehane's story about how private investigators Kenzie & Gennaro are drawn into the search for a missing child, the neglected Amanda McCready, is more than just a stonking good mystery/detective novel.
It's also a thought-provoking read, dealing with the sometimes difficult subject of child neglect and abuse, and the efforts of a few souls to offer a few lucky children a better life. There is no happy ending in this story, in fact the closing pages are heart wrenching in their "unfairness".
Like other Lehane novels I've read, the plot is well constructed and the story well paced. There's the usual sprinkling of humour to lighten the tone, too. All in all a good read. So much so that my (French) husband devoured this book whilst on holiday. I've never seen him reading so much!
You won't be disappointed by this book. If you are already familiar with Lehane then you know what to expect, and if you're not this book is as good as any to start with.
It's also a thought-provoking read, dealing with the sometimes difficult subject of child neglect and abuse, and the efforts of a few souls to offer a few lucky children a better life. There is no happy ending in this story, in fact the closing pages are heart wrenching in their "unfairness".
Like other Lehane novels I've read, the plot is well constructed and the story well paced. There's the usual sprinkling of humour to lighten the tone, too. All in all a good read. So much so that my (French) husband devoured this book whilst on holiday. I've never seen him reading so much!
You won't be disappointed by this book. If you are already familiar with Lehane then you know what to expect, and if you're not this book is as good as any to start with.
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gone, baby, gone
Yeah. Wow. This book was something else. Where to begin?
I've said it before and I will do so again: Lehane has a talent for writing sick and twisted characters. Read more
I've said it before and I will do so again: Lehane has a talent for writing sick and twisted characters. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Ali
Another Edgy Lehane, Full of Moral Ambiguity as per
Enjoyed this very much. Am reading Lehane in order, which as everyone says, is the right thing to do. Read more
Published 3 months ago by conjunction
Thought provoking
Dennis Lehane does not disappoint in this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I love the fact the main characters are flawed, and the subject matter of child neglect was actually quite... Read more
Published 3 months ago by London Girl
A great read
Put simply the book is brill, just like mystic river and shutter island. Read it, better than the film, but the film is good.
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Aj Baugh
Took ages to read!
I'm not sure if it was the book not grabbing my attention or the mood I was in recently but this took me ages to read. If I could have given it 2. Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. Robinson
sting in the tale
I have really enjoyed the Dennis Lehane series of Kenzie/Gennaro books - this is my favourite. You can see where Angie is coming from at the end of the book - don't want to spoil... Read more
Published 16 months ago by aragorn17
Compelling, gritty - a great read
I made the mistake of starting to read this book before I had realised that it's part of a series featuring the two central characters Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, two private... Read more
Published 16 months ago by L. Hennessy
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Lehane Moves Up a Gear
You can tell Dennis Lehane wanted to move on from his genre origins and stock characters. This is too thick and rich a gumbo. Read more
You can tell Dennis Lehane wanted to move on from his genre origins and stock characters. This is too thick and rich a gumbo. Read more
Published 18 months ago by The Outsider
A Step Down
Dennis Lehane's previous novel Sacred started off with K+G being kidnapped so an aging multi-millionaire could drop his pitch, then dash off to be cryogenically frozen. Read more
Published 19 months ago by P. J. Potter
Dennis Lehane at his finest.
Twists and turns in the plot every which way. Wonderful depth of characters. Brilliant! The sort of book you really dont want to put down - so much so, it made me late for work!
Published 23 months ago by Jan
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