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Little Boy Blue (Paperback)

by Edward Bunker (Author)
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  • Paperback: 301 pages
  • Publisher: No Exit Press (Aug 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1874061262
  • ISBN-13: 978-1874061267
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 22.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 859,753 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Young Alex Hamilton is intelligent and independent but given to sudden fits of rage. Rebellious since his parents split up, Alex is constantly absconding from foster homes and institutions to be with his father, a broken man who can't give his son the home he desperately needs. Surrounded by well meaning, over worked social workers, vicious and cruel authority figures, and always by no good peers, Alex is on a collision course with the law and himself. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Star-crossed and neglected or violent thug?, 19 Jul 2001
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Ed Bunker really is underrated. Ex-con turned author, his books have an extra resonance and relevance when you realise he is not just talking the talk but has very much walked the walk, spending many years in some of America's toughest penitentiaries. He doesn't have that over-eloquent, self-conscious style that many crims turned authors use, instead he is clearly a natural and his prose and narrative flow easily and grip tightly.

His books are not as noir and hard-boiled as other LA writers, the language is "from the street" but not melodramatic or stereotypical, the action brutal but not glamorous.

Little Boy Blue tells of one child's formative years and the seemingly inevitable descent into the worlds of crime and prison. It explores the relationship and contradictions between his own inherently violent nature and the institutions he is sent to which serve only to make him tougher and further alienated. Each chance of redemption or rehabilitation seems to be snatched away as he is passed from reform school to detention centre.

Perhaps things could be different if he were exposed to some form of nurturing, a caring environment or love. Perhaps his violent nature means this is impossible. Whichever you decide, it is tragic to witness each opportunity to cheat his destiny slip away, the sense of inevitability almost claustrophobic. No moralising from Bunker however, he deftly gets on with telling the story leaving the underlying themes to discuss themselves.

There is no doubt some autobiographical elements in all of this given Bunkers history. Little Boy Blue, is shocking and gripping and ultimately bleak and depressing. The author shows great restraint in never over-dramatising a small but very human tragedy and one that needs no further embellishment.

For a fictional journey into the world of juvenile crime, I can't imagine a more human, impartial and thought provoking treatment.

Bunker himself is testament to the fact that there is much worth among the forgotten.

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