Kenzie–Gennaro universe

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The Kenzie–Gennaro universe is the gritty crime-fiction setting of Dennis Lehane’s novels featuring Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional setting
fictional universe
adaptationOf Gone, Baby, Gone
linked to: Gone Baby Gone
countryOfFictionalSetting United States
creator Dennis Lehane
featuresCharacter Amanda McCready
Angie’s abusive husband Phil
linked to: Angie

Bubba Rogowski
Cheese Olamon
Corporal Roland Broussard
Devin Amronklin
Dottie Kenzie
Grace Cole
Helena McCready
Oscar Lee
Phil Broussard
featuresOrganization Boston Police Department
organized crime in Boston
featuresProtagonist Angela Gennaro
linked to: Angie Gennaro

Patrick Kenzie
firstAppearance A Drink Before the War
firstPublicationYear 1994
hasAdaptation Gone Baby Gone (2007 film)
linked to: Gone Baby Gone
hasGenre crime fiction
detective fiction
noir fiction
hasWork A Drink Before the War
Darkness, Take My Hand
Gone, Baby, Gone
linked to: Gone Baby Gone

Moonlight Mile
Prayers for Rain
Sacred
language English
medium novel
narrativeFocus private investigation
urban crime
working-class Boston neighborhoods
notableFor gritty depiction of Boston
psychologically complex characters
primaryLocation Boston
Dorchester, Boston
recurringTheme child endangerment
effects of violence
loyalty and betrayal
moral ambiguity
social inequality
settingPeriod early 21st century
late 20th century
targetAudience adult readers

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Angie Gennaro fictionalUniverse Kenzie–Gennaro universe