A collection of short stories and a play, all char­ac­ter­is­ti­cal­ly dark. Tales of fucked-up lives, tales of people with shitty pasts and no futures, tales of revenge.

Lehane writes bril­liant­ly. His spare de­scrip­tion, his dialogue brings the characters to life on the page.

The play, "Coronado", is adapted from an earlier short story, "Until Gwen" — also part of this collection. The repetition does not feel redundant. The play fleshes out the short story, telling it in a different manner.

Rec­om­mend­ed, but depressing.