A Drink Before the War
Readers rate it 3.7 (111 on Hardcover)
304 pages · Released 2003 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A Drink Before the War is a hard-boiled detective noir set in Boston that explores racial and class tensions through a murder investigation. The book contains frequent profanity, moderate sexual content, and significant violence including the shooting death that opens the plot and street gang violence throughout. While the protagonists demonstrate integrity and courage, the mature themes and gritty realism make this best suited for older teens and adults.
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In Bost, PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro investigate the death of an African-American cleaning lady, gunned down in a burst of Uzi fire. A tale of street gang violence and of the racial divide between black and irish. In Bost, PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro investigate the death of an African-American cleaning lady, gunned down in a burst of Uzi fire. A tale of street gang violence and of the racial divide between black and irish.
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- Fiction
- Mystery
- Detective and mystery stories
- American fiction
- History
- Patrick Kenzie (Fictitious character)
- Private investigators
- Angela Gennaro (Fictitious character)
- Family violence
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Kenzie, patrick (fictitious character), fiction
- Gennaro, angela (fictitious character), fiction
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ISBN 9780156029025 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt