The Drop
Readers rate it 3.8 (34 on Hardcover)
149 pages · Released Sep 2, 2014 · Harper Collins
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The Drop parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Positive role models
Educational value
A note for parents
The Drop is a crime thriller for adults centered on organized crime, money laundering, and a morally complex protagonist. While the emotional core involves rescue and redemption, the book contains significant violence tied to gangster activity, mature themes of trauma and abuse, and adult language. This is solidly an adult literary crime novel, not appropriate for young readers despite its slim page count.
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From the publisher
Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolf... Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini. Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back. . . .
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- Fiction
- Mystery
- Couples
- FICTION / Media Tie-In
- Criminals
- Rescue dogs
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Crime
- Fiction, media tie-in
- Fiction, crime
- Criminals, fiction
- Organized crime
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ISBN 9780062365484 · Harper Collins