Bostonians, The

Meanwhile, for some Bostonians, the marathon atrocity is still too fresh.

But for Bostonians, the Bulger story is about more than three boys from south Boston who valued loyalty over morality.

He had been overseas for more than 25 years, writing some of his most famous works there, including “The Bostonians,” “The Portrait of a Lady,” and “Daisy Miller.”

For many Bostonians, the trial not only dredged up the trauma of that day, but also plunged the region into a debate about anger, vengeance and mercy — and about whether Mr. Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death.

Boston's Humberto Cardinal Medeiros railed against the racism in South Boston in an interview three weeks ago, then meekly apologized to the South Bostonians the next week.