The Drop (Lehane novel)

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The Drop
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Kindle movie edition
Author Dennis Lehane
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublishedSeptember 2, 2014
Publisher William Morrow and Company
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages224 pp.
ISBN 978-0-06-236544-6

The Drop is a 2014 novel by Dennis Lehane. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was adapted from a feature film of the same name, released in September 2014, and the last film of James Gandolfini. The film was an adaptation of a 2009 short story by Lehane, "Animal Rescue".

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References

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  2. Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (2014-05-04). "Dennis Lehane's 'The Drop' to drop next fall". bostonglobe.com. The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2014-09-03.
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