{"product_id":"9780062369710","title":"The Drop","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Drop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Lehane returns to the streets of\u003cem\u003e Mystic River \u003c\/em\u003ewith this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture \u003cem\u003eThe Drop\u003c\/em\u003e, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 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. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Lehane…is a master of the sort of deadpan-noir pioneered by the late Elmore Leonard… It’s a style full of dark situational humor, sudden mayhem and quirky regional grammar.”\u003cbr\u003e“This book is as authentically grounded in place as his earlier works and more pleasurable than any tie-in novelization…has a right to be. And \u003cem\u003eThe Drop\u003c\/em\u003e benefits from bracing blasts of Lehane-ian humor.”\u003cbr\u003e“Understated and perfectly paced….What makes \u003cem\u003eThe Drop\u003c\/em\u003e so good is not just the pacing, which is just about right, but the mood…. There’s also the very stylish writing.\u003cbr\u003e“A tight, gritty little tale of working-class crime in Boston… Lehane breathes pulsing life into his story through the small details of his stoop-shouldered characters’ lives, investing their every mannerism with unspoken emotion and the weight of too many bad decisions, all of which makes Bob’s transformation from quiet desperation to quiet determination a powerful kind of existential drama.” \u003cbr\u003e“The bard of blue-collar Boston crime returns with a sleight-of-hand novel tinged with sin and redemption.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062369710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41118119887054,"sku":"9780062369710","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062369710.jpg?v=1649910064","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062369710","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}