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Line 3: {{quote\|''"...[[~~Useful~~The ~~Notes/Chicago~~Windy City\|Chicago]] is a new city, gentlemen. The fire wiped it clean of history, of values. And [[Big Applesauce\|New York]] is too dense, too sprawling, too crowded with the nonnatives. They can't maintain order, not with what's coming. But '''Boston'''... Boston is small and untainted by the new ways. Boston understands the common good, the way of things. To our fair city, gentlemen. Ah, she's a grand old broad."''~~\|'''Capt. Thomas Coughlin'''}}~~ \|'''Capt. Thomas Coughlin'''}} {{quote\|''When Jesus comes a calling, she said, He's coming 'round the mountain on a train.''~~\|'''Josh Ritter, "Wings"'''}}~~ \|'''Josh Ritter, "Wings"'''}} '''''The Given Day''''' is a critically acclaimed novel written by Dennis Lehane in 2008. It's set in [[Boston (useful notes)\|Boston]] around the end of [[World War I]], a time of great political and social turbulence. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|A pointless war. A crappy economy. An angry populace.]] Workers' unions. Strikes. Corruption. Immigration. Racism. Class warfare. [[Older Than They Think\|Terrorism. Bombs.]] [[Department of Redundancy Department\|Terrorism.]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking\|Babe Ruth puking.]] Oh... [[It Got Worse\|and that's just how it starts.]] The story is told from the perspective of two main characters. The first is Aiden "Danny" Coughlin, an Irish-American patrolman for the Boston Police Department. Danny's the son of Police Captain Thomas Coughlin and a rising star in the department, regularly infiltrating unions and other "subversive" organizations undercover. He is also a member of the Boston Social Club, a union of policemen right pissed over insane work hours, deplorable working conditions, and no raise in 15 years. Danny soon becomes the de facto leader of the B.S.C. and not only butts heads with the government over their rights, but members of his own family as well. As the government refuses to meet the union's demands and the union is left with ever fewer options, it isn't long before a police strike appears inevitable. Meanwhile, Danny's (not so) secretly in love with the family's Irish servant girl Nora, who has a past. Line 73 ⟶ 75: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Pages~~Historical ~~needing~~Fiction ~~more categories~~Literature]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Given Day, The}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]