The Town

Name: The Town
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Chuck Hogan
ISBN: 9781442339071

Author: Chuck Hogan

Narrator: Donnie Wahlberg

Abridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 08/24/2010

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Some criminals get a second chance.Will Doug MacRay be one of them?

Four masked men—thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown—take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn’t plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction isundeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imaginesa life away from his gritty, dangerous work—a life centered around Claire.But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a wayto rob Boston’s venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all.

Racing to an explosive climax, The Town is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms—and an odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.

About Chuck Hogan

Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Devils in Exile and The Killing Moon. The Town was awarded the Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing, and named one of the ten best novels of the year by Stephen King. He is also the co-author, with Guillermo del Toro, of the international bestseller The Strain. He lives with his family outside Boston.

About Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg Boston native, has starred on television in the hit drama series Boomtown and was featured in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. His films include Dreamcatcher, The Sixth Sense, Ransom, Bullet, and the independent film, Southie. As a teenager, he was a member of the pop music sensation, New Kids On The Block.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on September 29, 2010

I must have larceny in my heart because whenever I see an armored car, I always have that brief moment of idle thought where I wonder how much cash it’s carrying and if I could come up with a plan to rob one and get away with it. Apparently I should have been born in the Charlestown area of Boston b......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on January 09, 2011

I prefer to read the book and then watch the movie, but sometimes when watching a movie my favorite title credit will flash onto the screen: based on a the book ABC by 123. "There's a book?" I always silently exclaim. If I like the movie--and sometimes if I don't like the movie--I'll seek out the bo......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on July 30, 2016

I saw the movie, The Town, a few years ago and got the book after I learned the movie was based on a book. The movie was great, the book is even better. You get so much more depth with the characters and the plot. With the book, you can dwell on the inner life and struggle in Doug; the obsession of......more

Goodreads review by Jane on March 09, 2012

Engrossing. Engaging. Wonderful character development and dialogue. The ending is tragic/sad. I grieved and cried too much. STORY BRIEF: Doug’s mother left or disappeared when Doug was in first grade. After that his father went to jail. Doug has lived with the Coughlans ever since. Doug went to jail......more

Goodreads review by Lennie on December 03, 2012

This was the book that dove me into the literature world. Chuck Hogan's best asset as a writer is his depth and detail into each character as if you know each person in the novel personally. An aspect of writing that is difficult to obtain, but Hogan is one of the best. The story is thrilling, since......more