Sleepers - Couverture souple

Carcaterra, Lorenzo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099628716 ISBN 13 : 9780099628712

Editeur : Arrow, 1996

Synopsis

The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New York's notorious Mafia-run "Hell's Kitchen" during the 1960s. After nearly causing a man's death, they were sent to a reformatory where guards routinely brutalized them, leaving them with nothing but an undying loyalty to one another.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An unforgettable true story of friendship, loyalty and revenge, set against the unmistakable backdrop of New York City

They were four boys who shared everything - the laughter and bruises of an impoverished upbringing in New York's West Side. Then one of their pranks misfired - a man nearly died and they were sent away to a reformatory school. There they suffered the worst abuse the guards could inflict on them. They were forever scarred by their experiences. Eleven years later two of them became killers for the mob. They met the ringleader of the guards who abused them - and shot him dead in front of several witnesses. No one thought they would see the outside of a prison again - but the four friends banded together once more and in one last, audacious stand brought their own vengeance to the courtroom.

Sleepers was adapted into an award-winning film, featuring Hollywood stars Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Robert de Niro and Kevin Bacon. A moving and shocking coming-of-age story that is a must read for fans of the cult film, Stand by Me.

Lorenzo Carcaterra was born in New York where he still lives. He was a reporter on the New York Daily News before he wrote A Safe Place. His second book, Sleepers, became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.

Quatrième de couverture :

An unforgettable true story of friendship, loyalty and revenge

Lorenzo, Michael, John and Tommy shared everything - the laughter and the bruises of an impoverished childhood on New York's violent West Side. Until one of their pranks misfired and they were sent to a reformatory school.

Twelve months of systematic mental, physical and sexual abuse left the boys transformed for ever.

Eleven years later, one of them had become a journalist, one a lawyer - and the other two killers for the mob. In a chance encounter they came face to face with one of their torturers and shot him dead in front of several witnesses. The trial that followed brought the four friends together again in one last, audacious stand - and a courtroom climax as gripping as any John Grisham novel.

'A compulsive true story' The Times

'Undeniably powerful, an enormously affecting and intensely human story' The Washington Post

'Compelling' USA Today

'Fabulous, unbelievably good' Entertainment Weekly

'A brilliant, troubling, important book' Jonathan Kellerman

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0099628716
• ISBN 13: 9780099628712
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384