47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall
East or west, highbrow or low — wherever you and your taste may roam this fall, TIME's arts critics have you covered
The Given Day
Not that there's anything wrong with crime novels, but you've got to wonder what would happen if Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) just hauled off and wrote a big fat literary-type book for a change. We're about to find out. The Given Day is set in Lehane's beloved Boston shortly after the First World War, and centers on two men, one black and one white, one a fugitive and one a cop, both caught in the brutal politics of race and labor. Lehane has taken the brakes off: 720 pages long, The Given Day starts with Babe Ruth puking off the back of a caboose on his way to Game 4 of the 1918 World Series and never slows down.
— Lev Grossman
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