Dennis Lehane: Master of the New Noir

International bestselling master of crime fiction Dennis Lehane shares insights into his new book World Gone By, set during World War II in Cuba and Florida. He explores the themes of crime, passion, and vengeance in this psychologically and morally engaging story that details the rise of the mob. Three of Lehane’s ten previous novels have been adapted into award-winning films: Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone. Lehane was a staff writer on the HBO series The Wire and is currently a writer/producer of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. The Washington Post has hailed him as one of “the most interesting and accomplished American novelists.”