by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Wow. That was moving. It was most certainly difficult to read at certain parts, namely through the abuse that these 4 young boys endured, especially if you consider that this is supposed to be based of real events that happened to the author and his friends. I guess there was some controversy with t...
The book is very well written and graphic in its portrayal of violence and sex, but I had a sneaking suspicion it may be mostly fiction even while I was reading it years ago. A quick search on the net now convinces me that there is a huge controversy regarding the veracity of the story.If it's a tr...
It's been ages since I read this, but i remember this being an incredibly frightening true tale of four best friends from New York's Hell's Kitchen who, after a prank goes terribly wrong, end up in a juvenile detention facility where they are horribly abused; the story is of their confinement, abuse...