Boston in fiction
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This is a list of various works of fiction that takes place in Boston, Massachusetts:
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[edit] Literature
- The Bostonians, by Henry James; life in aristocratic Boston during the late nineteenth century.
- Boston Adventure, by Jean Stafford
- Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries by Linda Barnes; Featuring a 6'1" redheaded, taxi-driving detective in Boston.
- Cell by Stephen King; A traditional zombie story set in present-day Boston.
- The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown; Boston is the home of protagonist Robert Langdon.
- The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood; post-nuclear Cambridge and Boston are the setting of this dystopian novel.
- Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace is set in a partly fictionalized Boston.
- Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes takes place in Boston in the early 1770s.
- Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer's novel about rivalry. William Kane is from Boston.
- The Last Hurrah, by Edwin O'Connor; O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James Michael Curley.
- Looking Backward, utopian novel written in 1887 and set in Boston in 2000.
- Make Way for Ducklings, iconic children's picture book taking place in Boston Public Garden
- The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner; part of the story finds its setting in Boston.
- The Spenser detective novels, by Robert B. Parker.
- Zodiac, by Neal Stephenson; an eco-thriller focusing on industrial pollution in the Boston Harbor.
- The Timeline-191 series, by Harry Turtledove; has many characters who live in or are from the Boston Area
- Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft; takes place in Boston
- The Dante Club, a murder mystery featuring Harvard personalities Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, as well as publisher J.T. Fields takes place in Boston and Cambridge, by Matthew Pearl (2003).
- The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America, where Michelle Tea charts the turbulent adventures in Boston's teenage goth world
- Rent Girl , Michelle Tea's graphic memoir of sex work in Boston, illustrated by Laurenn McCubbin
[edit] Television
- The Practice. A television series centered around a Boston law firm.
- Boston Legal. A television series centered around a Boston law firm.
- Boston Public. A television series centered around a Boston public school.
- Cheers, by Charles-Burrow-Charles Productions and Paramount Pictures. A television series centered around a Boston bar, which in reality is the Bull & Finch Pub.
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, a comedy show takes place in Boston
- Sabrina, the teenage Witch
- Spenser, for Hire featuring Robert Ulrich about the Robert B. Parker character
- Boston Common, a comedy about attending a fictional Boston college featureing Anthony Clark
- Ally McBeal, a romantic comedy very popular in the late 90's.
- Crossing Jordan, a Crime-Drama, following the life of Boston Medical Examiner Jordan Cavanaugh and her co-workers.
[edit] Film
- In the most recent remake of The War of The Worlds, part of the story takes place in Boston.
- Mystic River, a film focusing on the moral ambiguities faced by people living in the mob-run streets of East Boston.
- The movie The Boondock Saints takes place in Boston.
- Martin Scorsese's most recent film The Departed takes place in Boston with prominent use of Boston landmarks and culture.
- Monument Ave, a film about Boston's Charlestown neighborhood
- The Firm, a film in which the opening takes place at Harvard
- Fever Pitch, a movie about a man's obsession with the Boston Red Sox
- The movie "Blown Away", depicted the Boston Bomb Squad dealing with a mad bomber.
- The movie Good Will Hunting takes place in Boston.
The movie "X-Men United" is the home of Bobby Drake, alias Iceman
