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Boy's Life (Hardcover)

by Robert R. McCammon (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 440 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (July 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671742264
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671742263
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 492,273 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars unutterably beautiful, 6 Jun 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: A Boy's Life (Paperback)
I first bought this book because i liked the front cover. it was all blues and greens and drew my eye immediately; but the story inside was so much more than the cover suggested. From the opening scene in which a young Cory Mackenson witnesses a car plunge into the lake of his home town you are drawn in as surely as that car is sucked into the deep. That single event has ramifications that echo throughout Cory's life and spark off a murder mystery that makes him doubt the very safety of his hometown. His father,who also witnessed the tragedy, is haunted by visions of the dead man he tried to save, and is caught in a battle of his own against these demons. Cory himself is going through his own rites of passage as he discovers the truth of the mystery and grows up with his friends. It is the friendship between Cory and his friends that really effected me; these are real boys, full of eagerness and youth and fantasies,and the events that change them and weather them, broke my heart. I wanted them to stay young and innocent and carefree forever, but that isnt life, and this story reminds you of that.
The way the townsfolk are described with such detail is also a favourite element of this book, with the naked son of the town Fat Cat and old mr. lightfoot my personal favourites.
The story of the murder mystery, once it actually unfolds, is clever and effecting and stayed with me for some time, with the things that were hinted at the most haunting of all.
This book is beautiful and intriguing and i would love for everyone to discover its magic. You will not regret taking the chance and reading this wonderful story,there are not enough words to honour it.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a hauntingly beautiful murder mystery, 27 Mar 2002
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I first bought this book because i liked the front cover. it was all blues and greens and drew my eye immediately; but the story inside was so much more than the cover suggested. From the opening scene in which a young Cory Mackenson witnesses a car plunge into the lake of his home town you are drawn in as surely as that car is sucked into the deep. That single event has ramifications that echo throughout Cory's life and spark off a murder mystery that makes him doubt the very safety of his hometown. His father,who also witnessed the tragedy, is haunted by visions of the dead man he tried to save, and is caught in a battle of his own against these demons. Cory himself is going through his own rites of passage as he discovers the truth of the mystery and grows up with his friends. It is the friendship between Cory and his friends that really effected me; these are real boys, full of eagerness and youth and fantasies,and the events that change them and weather them, broke my heart. I wanted them to stay young and innocent and carefree forever, but that isnt life, and this story reminds you of that.
The way the townsfolk are described with such detail is also a favourite element of this book, with the naked son of the town Fat Cat and old mr. lightfoot my personal favourites.
The story of the murder mystery, once it actually unfolds, is clever and effecting and stayed with me for some time, with the things that were hinted at the most haunting of all.
This book is beautiful and intriguing and i would love for everyone to discover its magic. You will not regret taking the chance and reading this wonderful story,there are not enough words to honour it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dandelion Wine + Walking Distance x IT = Boy's Life, 13 May 2009
By C. Clayton (Zephyr, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boy's Life (Mass Market Paperback)
There are probably better books than Mr McCammons little masterpiece but none as haunting and touching. Robert McCammon was obviously mainlining Bradbury whilst writing the book and sometimes the book comes across as a sequel to Dandelion Wine or Something wicked this way comes, with a bit of Stephen King's It thrown in....although thats hardly a criticism.
But be warned...you will cry.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A book of two halves
The first 250-300 pages of Boy's Life are simply wonderful, with McCammon creating a lovingly described town (Zephyr) inhabitted by "real" characters. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
I'm sixteen and i'm on my moms account writing the review as she generously bought me 5 books from McCammon. Read more
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