- Mass Market Paperback: 295 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey Books; 1st Mass Market Ed edition (Sep 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345385209
- ISBN-13: 978-0345385208
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,280,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Raphael Taylor was a golden boy--blond, handsome, charming, a gifted athlete and a serious student, an angel in every way. Damon Flood was a scoundrel--a smooth, smilling, cynical devil, as devious and corrupt as Raphael was open and innocent. The day Raphael met Damon was the day he began his mysterious fall from grace. And the golden boy fell very fast and very far....
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Raphael Taylor was a golden boy – blond, handsome, a gifted athlete and student. Damon Flood was a scoundrel – a smooth, smiling, cynical devil. The day Raphael met Damon was the day he began his mysterious fall from grace. And the golden boy fell very fast and very low.
Damon introduces Raphael to drink, wealth and a seductive woman, and then sends him out to his doom. After losing his leg in a drunken car accident, Raphael goes to recuperate in a seedy backstreet in Spokane, Washington. There he is surrounded by ‘the losers’, a nightmarish subculture of violence and despair that is kept going – and kept out of sight – by a band of incompetent social workers. Horrified yet fascinated, Raphael struggles to come to terms with his new surroundings – until Damon turns up on his doorstep, and the world of the losers explodes …
In 'The Losers', David Eddings enters deeply into the lives of America’s outcasts to reveal a new and brilliant side to his storytelling genius.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think readers will either 'get' this or they won't - if you do, you'll recognise it for a stroke of genius. Thought-provoking, original and supremely clever. For David's 'fans' a rare chance to see another aspect of this author's talent.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The star suffers from a horrific car accident, leaving him unable to walk without crutches. He retreats to small town America to come to terms with his injury, and gets in to the habit of watching the local 'losers' from his roof top retreat. Becomes more involved with them over time, comes to terms with new life etc. etc.. Actually quite a disturbing book - some of the images really stay with you, and the accident is dealt with without sentimentality or preaching about being a 'good little patient' - the impact is left largely to your own imagination, and is all the more powerful because of this. Well worth reading - not a book you'll forget in a hurry.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is as far away from Fantasy as you can get but defiantly worth reading.
In reference to the title "The Losers" is that part of society that are in the social Security trap e.g. can't afford to give up social to get a job.
The books strong points are the narrator's study of these people and also his difficulties with the handicap of having one leg (result of a car accident).
There is an excellent and very unexpected 'twist' at the end of the book which I'll say nothing about.
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