The 1954 cover of Boxing and Wrestling Magazine, of which Khalfi graced the cover, was featured in the movie Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The novel is interspersed with graphic descriptions of World War II and Dachau which Teddy helped to liberate.
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Lehane has said he sought to write a novel that would be an homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp.
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Shutter Island is a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Harper Collins in April 2003.
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Scenes from the movie Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese, were shot here at the lodge located next to Leach Pond.
New York Times Bestselling author Dennis Lehane, another native of the Boston area, who was born in Dorchester, wrote the novels that were adapted into the films Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island.
In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.