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"Not since The Catcher in the Rye has there been such a believable portrayal of male puberty. The quality of story-telling and the cadence of the prose have a piercing authenticity" (Catholic Herald)
"As a technician [Parks] cannot be faulted. His book builds to a terrifying tour de force, made bearable only by the tight prose" (Jeanette Winterson)
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- PublisherGrove Pr
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0394552997
- ISBN 13 9780394552996
- BindingHardcover
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