He’s our hometown literary hero du jour, the author of books that inspired Ben Affleck’s directorial debut and Sean Penn’s Best Actor Oscar, and one of the reasons why The Wire is more addictive than chocolate-coated crack. Everything Dorchester native DENNIS LEHANE has churned out — Gone, Baby, Gone and Mystic River, to name a few — turns to tear-jerking, heart-wrenching gold. Even cinematic guru/eyebrow exemplar Marty Scorsese agrees; he’s directing the film version of Lehane’s chilling tale of mystery and mental illness, Shutter Island, which began filming around Boston in March.
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