Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" (BookPage) in this award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally.Boy's Life is a richly imagined, spellbinding portrait of the magical worldview of the young--and of innocence lost.
Author(s): Robert McCammon
624 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Coming of Age

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About the Book

Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson--a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake--and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him. From an ancient mystic who can hear the dead and bewitch the living, to a violent clan of moonshiners, Cory must confront the secrets that hide in the shadows of his hometown--for his father's sanity and his own life hang in the balance.

Book Synopsis

Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" (BookPage) in this award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally.Boy's Life is a richly imagined, spellbinding portrait of the magical worldview of the young--and of innocence lost. Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson--a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake--and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him. From an ancient mystic who can hear the dead and bewitch the living, to a violent clan of moonshiners, Cory must confront the secrets that hide in the shadows of his hometown--for his father's sanity and his own life hang in the balance...

Review Quotes

"Wonderful...filled with enough adventures, joy, discovery, and heartache for a dozen boys' lifetimes." -- Houston Chronicle

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x 1.6 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Coming of Age

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Number of Pages: 624

Publisher: Gallery Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Robert McCammon

Language: English

Street Date: July 1, 2008

TCIN: 87271732

UPC: 9781416577782

Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-5145

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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