World Gone By

World Gone By is a

that was published in 2015.

Plot summary

Ten years after the events chronicled in the prior novel,

golden goose, as his sound business decisions enabled the family to profit in the years between Prohibition and World War II, and serves as a go-between for respectable society and the crime syndicate. He is seen as untouchable, but Joe soon learns from a convicted murderer that a hit

has been placed on him, and spends the next two weeks unraveling the motives for the hit while simultaneously trying to avoid it.

Reception

Critics were generally complimentary of the novel, which caps a loose trilogy of novels with characters populated from the Coughlin family. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called World Gone By "suspenseful, devious, well-constructed and ... filled with ethical questions."^[1] Colette Bancroft of Tampa Bay Times said the novel was "a classic gangster epic, a darkly violent tale enriched by sharp insight into American life and Lehane's beautifully crafted prose."^[2]

See also

Novels portal

References

^ "Review: Dennis Lehane's 'World Gone By' Completes a Loose Trio of Novels". The New York Times. April 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

^ Bancroft, Colette (March 4, 2015). "Review: Lehane's beautifully crafted 'World Gone By' brings high-velocity end to trilogy". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

External links

Dennis Lehane discussing World Gone By on WGBH on
YouTube

Author's website

Publisher's website

Sachs, Lloyd (March 5, 2015). "Review: 'World Gone By' by Dennis Lehane". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

Swanson, Peter (March 7, 2015). "Dennis Lehane's 'World Gone By' is a killer". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

Oldenburg, Don (March 14, 2015). "Lehane Mob novel is hard to refuse". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

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Bibliography
Kenzie-Gennaro novels

A Drink Before the War (1994)

Darkness, Take My Hand (1996)

Sacred (1997)

Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)

Prayers for Rain (1999)

Moonlight Mile (2010)

Coughlin novels

The Given Day (2008)

Live by Night (2012)

World Gone By (2015)

Other works

Mystic River (2001)

Shutter Island (2003)

Coronado: Stories (2006)

The Drop (2014)

Since We Fell (2017)

Small Mercies (2023)

Filmography
Adaptations

Mystic River (2003)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Shutter Island (2010)

The Drop (2014)

Live by Night (2016)

Other

The Wire
"Dead Soldiers"

"Refugees"

"Clarifications"

Boardwalk Empire
"Resignation"

Mr. Mercedes
"Gods Who Fall"

"People in the Rain"

"Willow Lake"

"Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner"

"Missed You"

"Fell On Black Days"

"Nobody Puts Brady in a Crestmore"

"Walk Like a Man"

The Outsider
"In the Pines, In the Pines"

"Tigers and Bears"

Black Bird

Firebug

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[1] "Review: Dennis Lehane's 'World Gone By' Completes a Loose Trio of Novels". The New York Times. April 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

[2] Bancroft, Colette (March 4, 2015). "Review: Lehane's beautifully crafted 'World Gone By' brings high-velocity end to trilogy". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

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