Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
12 used & new from CDN$ 9.04
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Shutter Island: A Novel
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside another edition of this book

Shutter Island: A Novel (Paperback)

by Dennis Lehane (Author) "TEDDY DANIELS'S FATHER had been a fisherman ..." (more)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (288 customer reviews)
List Price: CDN$ 18.99
Price: CDN$ 13.86 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
You Save: CDN$ 5.13 (27%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Ordering for Christmas? To ensure delivery by December 24 to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal, choose Express at checkout. Read more about holiday shipping.

10 new from CDN$ 9.04 2 used from CDN$ 20.30

Frequently Bought Together

Shutter Island: A Novel + Prayers For Rain Mm + Sacred Mm
Total List Price: CDN$ 36.97
Price For All Three: CDN$ 31.84

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Shutter Island: A Novel by Dennis Lehane

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Prayers For Rain Mm by D Lehane

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Sacred Mm by D. Lehane

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Mystic River Mm

Mystic River Mm

by Dennis Lehane
4.1 out of 5 stars (359)  CDN$ 9.89
Prayers For Rain Mm

Prayers For Rain Mm

by D Lehane
4.6 out of 5 stars (137)  CDN$ 8.99
Sacred Mm

Sacred Mm

by D. Lehane
4.0 out of 5 stars (48)  CDN$ 8.99
Gone, Baby, Gone

Gone, Baby, Gone

by Dennis Lehane
4.4 out of 5 stars (71)  CDN$ 9.89
Drink Before The War Mm

Drink Before The War Mm

by Dennis Lehane
4.3 out of 5 stars (110)  CDN$ 9.89
› Explore similar items

Product Details

Product Description

From Publishers Weekly

Boston-area novelist Lehane has written a terrific suspense novel, an impressive follow-up to 2001's Mystic River. Shutter Island is off Massachusetts's coast, an army facility turned hospital for the criminally insane. When a beautiful-and certifiably crazy-patient escapes, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, are called in to investigate. Embroiled in uncertainties and mystery, the two soon learn there's much more at stake than simply finding one missing woman. Stechschulte gives a stirring performance. His portrayal of Daniels is convincing, and he reads the role with equal parts poignancy and toughness. Stechschulte is particularly adept at reading dialogue. For example, one stormy night at the hospital, Teddy and Chuck are playing cards with two of the hospital's workers. The quartet banters, calling each other's bluffs and having a grand old time, yet tones of racism underlie the conversation. Stechschulte handles the dialogue well, distinguishing between each voice and varying the pace between rapid back-and-forth and thoughtful, drawn out remarks.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


From AudioFile

In 1993, Dr. Lester Sheehan begins a journal to remember "Teddy and his poor dead wife. . . and those twin terrors, Rachel Solando and Andrew Laeddis." With this narrative device in place, the story flashes back to 1954, to Shutter Island's Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels is called after a female inmate vanishes from a locked room. One difference between simply listening and having a listening experience is Tom Stechschulte. He doesn't merely perform characters; he channels them. Main characters, doctors, nurses, inmates, and orderlies have believable individual voices and personalities. Lehane twists a devastating hurricane, possible unethical experiments, and enough secrets to justify paranoia into a psychological thriller that works most of the time. Stechschulte's magic makes it work the rest. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
TEDDY DANIELS'S FATHER had been a fisherman. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

Shutter Island: A Novel
90% buy the item featured on this page:
Shutter Island: A Novel 3.9 out of 5 stars (288)
CDN$ 13.86
The Lost Symbol
3% buy
The Lost Symbol 2.8 out of 5 stars (61)
CDN$ 18.48
The Time Traveler's Wife
3% buy
The Time Traveler's Wife 4.5 out of 5 stars (150)
CDN$ 11.00
Sacred Mm
2% buy
Sacred Mm 4.0 out of 5 stars (48)
CDN$ 8.99
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

288 Reviews
5 star:
 (153)
4 star:
 (49)
3 star:
 (33)
2 star:
 (24)
1 star:
 (29)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.9 out of 5 stars (288 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Thriller, Oct 9 2006
By R. Hansen "rob_slick" (Hamilton, Ontario) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
I've just finished reading this page-turner and it was absolutely mind-blowing. I couldn't put it down, and after I finished it, I went back and re-read the first few chapters to pick up on clues I missed.

The book starts out slow over the first few pages with a flashback and Lehane uses many more flashbacks during the novel that I initially thought slowed down the story.

I won't spoil anything, but the story is crafted wonderfully and every scene becomes relevant as the ending unfolds.

This is a great book for the reader who likes a surprise. I thought I had guessed the outcome of many situations and the author managed to flip them around on me still.

I definitely recommened Shutter Island (and I agree with a previous reviwere who suggested finding someone else who has read the book so you can discuss it when you finish). It is something that you will think about long after finishing.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superbly written, intensely disturbing, Mar 26 2006
By Freda Loro (Victoria BC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
After reading Mystic River, I was eager to get my hands on Shutter Island. I wondered if it would be as compelling, and thought that perhaps Lehane had already set his bar so high with Mystic River, he'd have a hard time topping it. Sorry Dennis, I should have had more faith in you.

What sets Lehane apart from so many authors, other than his brilliant storytelling and clever plot twists, is his ability to get inside the charaters' minds, the way he can take a guy's heart and soul and present it on a platter, show us all the nasty bits, so to speak. His characters are so real, so three-dimensional that sometimes I forget I'm reading fiction.

Having said that, I had a difficult time rating this book. I had a tough time with the ending, not because it was disappointing or unbelievable or poorly written (Lehane couldn't write poorly in his sleep), but because it was so intensely disturbing -- not something I'd necessarily recommend anyone rush out and read. Now, I like a bit of grit; I have a morbid fascination with the dark side, however, there's a fine line between entertainingly gritty and downright brutal, and Lehane soared over that line in leaps and bounds. Granted, he did it very well. So, in the end, I couldn't give this book anything less than five stars.

I'd like to read Shutter Island again someday, pick up the clues that I'd missed the first go round, but I think I'll give it a rest for now, perhaps get into something a little lighter, a little easier on the psyche, a little less emotionally taxing.

Nick Hornby, anyone?

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars Shutter Island, Nov 14 2009
By Book Worm "Book Worm" (British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
Dennis Lehane's books 'Mystic River' and 'Gone Baby Gone' have been made into movies that I have enjoyed tremendously and so I decided to read one of his books before it was turned into a movie. I am so glad I did.
Shutter Island scared the heck out of me. The book kept me riveted as the writing and plot were incredible with lots of twists and unexpected happenings!!! It is the kind of book that keeps you reading franticly until the end... and gasping - It can't be!!! This is the first Dennis Lehane novel that I have read but it won't be my last for sure. I would highly recommend this book - a true 'page turner'.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Thriller
There's always something about asylums that have always given off an uncomfortable feeling. The way Lehane writes in this novel really expresses the uneasiness and queasiness... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Karoline

1.0 out of 5 stars I must be dumb
I just didn't understand what the fuss and raves were about. I found this book boring and skipped pages in order to get to the end. It was a waste of time. Read more
Published on Feb 15 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing -
This book shows that Lehane is an amazing writer and story teller. The book was very different than Mystic River, but as complex and engrossing. Loved it !
Published on Oct 27 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A better novel doesn't exist
Love this book. A word of advice to anyone reading this novel--try to make sure someone else you know has already read it. Read more
Published on Jul 27 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat, couldn't-put-it-down book!
A great book! Its a screwed up psychiatric thriller that will leave you utterly perplexed at the end...you can basically interpret the ending however you want... Read more
Published on Jul 24 2004 by Rosa

4.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Non-stop Scary Fun
Just read this book. I picked it up at the airport. I've never read any of Mr. Lehane's other books. I COULD NOT STOP READING IT. Read more
Published on Jul 19 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis LeHane keeps getting better with each book.
This the best book by Dennis LeHane so far. I've read enjoyed them all, including Mystic River, and as good as that was, Shutter Island is better. I'm ready for more.
Published on Jul 17 2004 by Patricia Lewin

2.0 out of 5 stars A plagiarized plot?
I love Lehane's books - have read every one of them. I thought I was in for another treat as I started this book but soon the parallels to "The Ninth Configuration" (W.P. Read more
Published on Jul 14 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but predictable ending
Shutter Island is about two federal marshals who go to Shutter Island to investigate a prisoner escape. Read more
Published on Jul 14 2004 by Justin Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars SO DIFFERENT!
Not what I expected and a great read for those reading the same old thing over and over!
Published on Jul 14 2004 by auds

Only search this product's reviews


Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject













i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.