Mystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001. It was made into an Oscar-winning film (Best Actor, Best Supportng Actor) by Clint Eastwood in 2003. It was also nominated for 4 other Academy Awards. Dennis Lehane (born 1966) is the author of several novels, including the New York Times-bestseller Mystic River, which was later made into an Academy Award winning film directed by Clint Eastwood, also called Mystic River. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot summary

The book focuses on the stories of three boys who grow up as friends in Boston —Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, and Jimmy Marcus. When the story opens, we see Dave abducted by pedophiles while Sean, and Jimmy are playing on a side street. Dave is returned home days later, obviously deeply disturbed by his experience. The book then moves forward 25 years: Sean has become a policeman, Jimmy is a convenience store owner (and ex-convict), and Dave remains a fractured eggshell of a human being. Jimmy's daughter disappears and is found brutally murdered in a city park, and that same night, Dave comes home to his wife, covered in someone else's blood. Sean is assigned to investigate the murder, and the three childhood friends are caught up in each other's lives again. Complicating matters is the fact that Dave and Jimmy are now related by marriage. As Jimmy becomes more and more convinced that Dave is the killer, Sean must work even more frantically in an effort to clear Dave's name, or else bring him behind the safety of prison walls (and out of the reach of Jimmy's anger). Boston is a town and small port c. ... Pedophilia (Am. ...