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The true story of the shocking events preceding Sleepers
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'IT'S TIME YOU KNEW THE TRUTH, ' 'ABOUT YOUR FATHER. ' 'WHAT ABOUT HIM?' 'HIS FIRST WIFE, ' SHE SAID. 'SHE DIDN'T DIE OF CANCER. ' 'HOW DID SHE DIE?' 'HE MURDERED HER. ' At the age of fourteen Lorenzo Carcaterra made a shocking discovery. Behind closed doors he and his mother survived the erratic, violent outbursts of his father. A powerful man, he tempered his rage with affection. To a young boy he was a man to both love and fear. Until Lorenzo learned a shattering fact that forever changed his life. His father was a murderer.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is very well-written and well-researched, and has none of the validity problems of his newer book, Sleepers... However, what this book has in its truthfulness it loses what it could have in being as interesting as Sleepers. This book is definitely non-fiction and reads that way, more facts and actual memories as relating to the title, about his father and his first wife, who he murdered, and how it affected Carcaterra's life. It has no funny stories, this book is all serious. But it does show his father, mother, and himself as real people, and not as fictionalized characters, and does so realistically. If you're looking for a good psychological study of a family's dark secret, read this book. It's definitely not boring.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I thought this book was absolutely brilliant,thrilling,tragic and well written.If you have read SLEEPERS you are sure to like this.The way he expresses himself is perfect although I still love SLEEPERS a wee bit more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Carcaterra's memoirs are similar to those descibed by the lead character in Pat Conroy's 'The Great Santini'. Both novels confuse the reader's feelings as they fluxuate between intense dislike for the fatherfigure, and a measure of understanding and sadness for the lost opportunities between father and son.
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great book
This was a great book, difficult to put down, written with sheer honesty,
Im now about to buy his other, sleepers.
Im now about to buy his other, sleepers.
Published 2 months ago by M. Speight
Boy still loves murderer?????
This book from the fabulous novelist Lorenzo Carcaterra will not disappoint. I really enjoyed this book. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2000 by spud@theqm.net
A heart-breaking true story.
Lorenzo survived a difficult childhood. His father was a violent, over-bearing parent who regularly beat his family. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 1999
A suspensful thriller that will keep you up all night.
I thought this book was a very enlightining book for people who think that they live in a perfect world. It really gives you a sence of reality.I love it.
Published on 10 July 1999
it's a can't-put-downer
i didn't think he could top Sleepers, but he just might have done it with this book. the fact that he is such a skilled writer becomes all the more amazing when you think about... Read more
Published on 6 July 1999
Not his best
I've read all his books now and in my opinion, this wasn't his best. Sure, the story itself is great but it was just too much like a scan of what had happened in his life. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 1999
Carolina Costa Melo - Brasil
Mr shakes, I`m brazilian and I don`t speak English very well, but I read the book Sleepers and I can say you're the best writter in the world. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 1999
A family with a history, seen through the eyes of the son.
The true story of the authors young life, written around the discovery that his father had killed his first wife. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 1999
Wonderful!
This has got to be one of the best books I have read in a long time. I have read Sleepers, and I thought I would never say this, but I liked this one a bit more. Mr. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 1998
A book that galvanizes your imagination, a must read.
Few books have so literally depicted growing up in a turbulent household. This book, like Westies, gives a good graphic account of Hell's Kitchen NYC, but the true power of the... Read more
Published on 3 July 1997
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