Sunday, December 9, 2007

Dennis Lehane: most important books

Dennis Lehane is the author of Mystic River and other fine novels.

He recently told Newsweek about his five most important books.

One title on the list:

The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley.

The great American crime novel. As beautiful as about anything in American lit.

Read about the other four books on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue