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Undeniably powerful, an ermously affecting and intensely human story .--The Washington Post Book World A GUT-WRENCHING PIECE OF WORK. . . Carcaterra's graphic narrative grips like gunfire in a dark alley .--The Atlanta Journal & Constitution In his controversial memoir SLEEPERS, Carcaterra remembers harrowing months in the Wilkinson Home for Boys and the elaborate vengeance he and his friends exacted against the guards. He tells it all in spare, stylish prose . . . [with] relentless momentum and sheer drama. . . . SLEEPERS is a thriller, to be sure, but it is equally a wistful hymn to ather age .--The Washington Post Book World A TERRIFYING ACCOUNT OF BRUTALITY AND RETRIBUTION, searing in its emotional truth, peopled with murderers, sadists, and thugs, but biblical in its passion and scope .--People SLEEPERS is so many things: a Dickensian portrait of coming of age in Hell's Kitchen, a terrifying and heartbreaking account of the brutalization of youth, a shocking--and disturbingly satisfying--climax worthy of the finest suspense vel. A brilliant, troubling, important book .--Jonathan Kellerman COMPELLING .--USA Today

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Random House USA Inc, Ballantine Books Inc.
ISBN-10
0345404114
ISBN-13
9780345404114
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Lorenzo Carcaterra
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
True Crime

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New York
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2+
Country of Publication
United States

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by brendbutle-4402 Jan, 2020
Thank u
Great book so far movie was excellent!!
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by nana-monster28 Aug, 2019
SLEEPERS - would like to just keep reading.....
absolutely a good book
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by sopoji_030 Aug, 2023
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by poison02us06 Nov, 2006
Sleepers
Best book I've read in years. The movie was also excellent. Loved that they paid the bad guys back. Sorry John and Tommy went bad and died. Real sad for Michael. Absolutely loved the book!
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