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    Coronado: Unabridged Stories
    Coronado: Unabridged Stories
    Coronado: Unabridged Stories
    Audiobook3 hours

    Coronado: Unabridged Stories

    Written by Dennis Lehane

    Narrated by Stanley Tucci

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From Dennis Lehane, the award-winning author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and the Kenzie-Gennaro series, comes a surprisingly different collection of five short stories:

    ""Running Out the Dog""
    ""ICU""
    ""Gone Down to Corpus""
    ""Mushrooms""
    ""Until Gwen""

    At turns suspenseful, surreal, romantic, and tragically comic, these tales journey headlong into the heart of our national myths—about class, gender, freedom, and regeneration through violence—and reveal that the truth waiting for us there is not what we'd expect.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateAug 8, 2006
    ISBN9780061229305
    Coronado: Unabridged Stories
    Author

    Dennis Lehane

    Dennis Lehane is the author of thirteen novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. He grew up in Boston, MA and now lives in California with his family.

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    • 4/5
      Several well-written and compelling stories and a play (Coronado) based on on one of the stories (Until Gwen). I haven't read any of Lehane's novels yet, but I probably will now.
    • 4/5
      My first book from Dennis Lehane was Mystic River. Nervously, I brought a few books by him. I was nervous because I had purchased and read books by authors who feed my addiction for the written word several times. Not some addicts, who read whatever they get their hands on. I find myself a bit of a snob. So many times, the second book I've read by intriguing authors has been a letdown. Of course, Lehane didn't fall into this category. It almost feels shameful to think he might. Fool me once, and so it goes.

      In this collection, I find it emerged in the southern region of the United States. I leaned back in my recliner, smiling as I pictured the characters. These characters' attitudes, patterns of speech, and the general sense of Southern living are authentically depicted. They illustrated some of the psychopathy general aligned with Northern criminals. I remember the stigma associated with the region before me moving there. However, the people there have some of the same qualities as their Northern counterparts. I enjoyed how the residents of the South were upfront on how they felt about a situation or you.

      This Southern depiction was somewhat surprising because Lehane typically writes about Boston. I've read a bit of this collection over the years, but I decided to read cover to cover in one sitting this year. This action solidified my admiration for Lehane's style and tone. It is a definite worthwhile read. So far, Lehane hasn't disappointed me, serving as a good fix when I need it. The pages release a familiar moan as the gentle breeze caresses my face as I thump them. Tap, tap, tap as I read the first page, as I moisten my lips as I get my brain ready.
    • 5/5
      DAMN. Wow. Great stories. Only finished too quick! Great read.
    • 4/5
      I am a Dennis Lehane fan and this is the 3rd book I have read by him in the last 2 months. I found this collection very dark but I enjoyed the subject matter and down and out characters that he introduced. The last story and its extension as a play was ambitious but for me it worked. The language was excellent and I enjoyed his take on low life characters. I also like that Lehane broke out of his focus on New England and actually had stories that took place elsewhere. If you have never read Dennis Lehane, I thought these stories were a good introduction to him.
    • 5/5
      This was a great one day quick read for me. I have really enjoyed Lehane's books over the years for the suspense, well developed characters, and surprise endings - these short stories did not disappoint. I found this book accidentally at the library and generally don't read short stories, but found these stories enjoyable because they all have similar characteristics. All revolve around crime, primarily murder, and most involve a soldier affected by a war. The two-part play was also cohesive because it was inspired by one of the short stories. If you are a Lehane fan, I would recommend this collection.
    • 5/5
      If you're a Dennis Lehane fan, be sure you don't pass up CORONADO, his book of short stories and one play. These stories are not new; they have all appeared in various publications before. But you probably haven't read them. For me, these short stories were my fix to tide me over until Lehane's next full-length novel. I enjoyed them, but they weren't enough to satisfy me.
    • 3/5
      This book arrived latish last year as an unsolicited review book. I have read MYSTIC RIVER and SHUTTER ISLAND and enjoyed both of them and anticipated enjoying this one. On the surface it is a collection of short stories, written I suspect over a quite a long period of time, and of varying quality. One, ICU, in which an innocent man is stalked wherever he goes by a gang of men for doing goodness-knows-what is really interesting. However the last part of the book is the script for the play CORONADO which the blurb tells me is an acclaimed play. The cast for two of the play's productions are listed. It premiered in in a Greenwich Village theatre in late 2005, and then was produced again in Florida in January 2006. What annoyed me more than anything that it was a re-write/expansion into dialogue of one of the stories in the book called UNTIL GWEN. In an introduction to the play script Lehane says that he had to write the play because UNTIL GWEN felt like a story he hadn't completed and couldn't get out of his mind. On some level I felt I'd been "had". Others will no doubt enjoy it and rave over it. And don't get me wrong - the stories, especially ICU, are quite good, so perhaps its a book to dip into. And let me be the first to admit the play may be much better in production than in script form.