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“Undeniably powerful, an enormously affecting and intensely human story.”
–The Washington Post Book World
“A GUT-WRENCHING PIECE OF WORK. . . Carcaterra’s graphic narrative grips like gunfire in a dark alley.”
–The Atlanta Journal & Constitution
“In his controversial memoir SLEEPERS, Carcaterra remembers harrowing months in the Wilkinson Home for Boys and the elaborate vengeance he and his friends exacted against the guards. He tells it all in spare, s… More >>
WASNT THIS BOOK MADE INTO A MOVIE STARRING KEVIN BACON,, MAYBE?
WHERE HE WAS MAYBE THE GUARD THEY RAN INTO OUTSIDE AND KILLED?
SOUNDS SIMILIAR STORY..
FROM BACK-COVER:
AN UNFORGETTABLE TRUE STORY OF FRIENDSHIP, LOYALTY AND REVENGE.
LORENZO, MICHAEL, HOHN, AND TOMMY SHAED EVERYTHING-THE LAUGHTER AND THE BRUISES OF AN IMPOVERISHED CHILDHOOD ON NEW YORK’S VIOLENT WEST-SIDE UNTIL ONE OF THEIR PRANKS MISFIRED, AND THEY WERE ALL SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL.
TWELVE MONTHS OF SYSTEMATIC MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SEXUAL ABUSE LEFT THE BOYS TRANSFORMED FOR EVER.
ELEVEN YEARS LATER, ONE OF THEM HAD BECOME A JOURNALIST, ONE A LAWYER, AND THE OTHER TWO KILLERS FOR THE MOB.
IN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER THEY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH ONE OF THEIR TORTURERS AND SHOT HIM DEAD IN FRONT OF SEVERAL WITNESSES. THE TRIAL THAT FOLLOWED BROUGHT THE FOUR FRIENDS TOGETHER AGAIN IN ONE LAST AUDACIOUS STAND-AND A COURTROOM CLIMAX AS GRIPPING AS ANY JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL.
Rating: 4 / 5
When I first read this book the question that plagued me was whether or not this was a true story. There was a lot of press dedicated to that question which only served to further hype the book. It is now known to be a work of fiction
The entire story is fabricated and I challenge all those who read it with the notion that it was true, to re-read it now. You probably won’t even bother to finish it and you may even want to retract your rating. It’s cliched. The ONLY compelling notion in this is that it might have been true, but now we know it was all a lie based on someone else’s life (loosely) it loses any appeal.
Why would Lorenzo do this? Because he couldn’t sell it otherwise. He tried, but no one was interested. It has no merit so he re-submitted it as an autobigraphy.
He strikes me as an opportunistic loser. I think most of his law and order scripts are pretty lame as well. The same sort of venue, though – it seems real but is all fabrication.
Rating: 1 / 5
Reality slapped me hard when I readed this book. So young boys being raped… how cruel can someones be. And I realized that this truth does not end to this book… it happens all over the world. Yes, this book opened my eyes. So true and so honest, yet so horrifying but sweet at the end… I recommend this book, buy it. It is about… well I think you know. Just watch the other reviews and you see ( well, the editorial review does the same thing )…
Rating: 1 / 5
This is one of those books that is so weak that I had forgotten that I had read it.
Rating: 1 / 5
I agree with M. Cormier’s review and believe this is partly true. It was an interesting book, well written but does not seem to be entirely true. It could be, but after James Frey’s “memoir” all the non-fiction books I read are suspect. Non-fiction will never be the same.
Rating: 3 / 5