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...minute question and answer period, Lehane discussed his personal experience and outlook and how they affected the writing of Mystic River...
Lehane said Tuesday that the major inspiration for Mystic River came from a childhood fight in which he participated...
Lehane challenged the audience to accept varying interpretations of his work after several attendees appeared to seek definitive explanations of the symbolism in Mystic River...
Lehane said the underlying confusion of appearance and reality that plays out in the climax of Mystic River—which leads to no definitive “good” or “evil” characters—is also reflected in his political outlook...
...We’ve become a society of infotainment. We like stories, not facts,” Lehane continued. “We believe a myth, even though there’s no evidence. The idea of Mystic River—get the evidence...