One of the Boys: A Novel

One of the Boys: A Novel

A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive fatherâ‚¬"One of the Boys is 176 perfect, stunning pages by a major new talent.

The three of themâ‚¬"a twelve-year-old boy, his older brother, their fatherâ‚¬"have won the war: the fatherâ‚¬s term for his bitter divorce and custody battle. They leave their Kansas home and drive through the night to Albuquerque, eager to begin again, united by the thrilling possibility of carving out a new life together. The boys go to school, join basketball teams, make friends. Meanwhile their father works from home, smoking cheap cigars to hide another smell. But soon the little misstepsâ‚¬"the dead-eyed absentmindedness, the late night noises, the comings and goings of increasingly odd charactersâ‚¬"become sinister, and the boys find themselves watching their father change, grow erratic, then violent.

Set in the sublimely stark landscape of suburban New Mexico and a cramped apartment shut tight to the world, One of the Boys conveys with stunning prose and chilling clarity a young boyâ‚¬s struggle to hold onto the dangerous pieces of his shattered family. Harrowing and beautiful, Daniel Magarielâ‚¬s masterful debut is a story of survival: two foxhole-weary brothers banding together to protect each other from the father they once trusted, but no longer recognize. With the emotional core of A Little Life and the compact power of We the Animals, One of the Boys is among the most moving and remarkable debut novels youâ‚¬ll ever read.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 26464231
ReleaseDate 2017-03-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501156168

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	26464231
ReleaseDate	2017-03-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501156168

One of the Boys: A Novel

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