{"product_id":"the-drop-isbn-9780062365576","title":"The Drop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Dennis 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 | \u003cp\u003eDennis Lehane returns to the streets of his acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eMystic River\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eThe Drop.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree days after Christmas, Bob, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live, hears a whimper coming from inside a trash can. The abused puppy he finds there will change his life forever, as will Nadia, the damaged woman he meets that night. Like him, she's desperately searching for something to believe in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound together by their decision to rescue the puppy, Bob and Nadia's relationship grows. But just as they've found something to live for, 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\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Dennis Lehane, a new novel that's the basis of the major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël R. Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The bard of blue-collar Boston crime returns with a sleight-of-hand novel tinged with sin and redemption.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888269521125,"sku":"NP9780062365576","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062365576.jpg?v=1730228681","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-drop-isbn-9780062365576","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}