Little Boy Blue - Hardcover

Bunker, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312169078 ISBN 13: 9780312169077

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Here is the quintessential story of a young hoodlum's coming of age.
Alex Hamilton is young, intelligent, savvy, and independent - but also subject to violent fits of rage. Raised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain, his frustration and anger are completely natural - and inherently dangerous.
Rebellious since his parents split up, Alex is constantly running from foster homes and institutions, yearning to be with his father, a broken man who cannot give his son the home he desperately needs. As Alex is pulled between well-meaning but exhausted social workers and viciously cruel authority figures, his emotions and actions are forever careening off these two disparate influences. Only one constant remains: his no-good, criminally minded peers, who are all too ready to plant illegal ideas in a young, bright mind that's already well on its way to social deviancy.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Praise for the work of Edward Bunker:

"The best first-person crime novel I've ever read." --Quentin Tarantino

"Bunker is a true original of American letters." --James Ellroy

"Bunker is among the tiny band of American prisoner writers whose work possesses integrity, craftsmanship, and moral passion....An artist with a unique and compelling voice." --William Styron

From the Back Cover:

Here is the quintessential story of a young hoodlum's coming of age, from the undisputed master of the genre.

Alex Hamilton is young, intelligent, savvy, and independent--but also subject to violent fits of rage. Raised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain, his frustration and anger are completely natural--and inherently dangerous. Rebellious since his parents split up, Alex is constantly running from foster homes and institutions, yearning to be with his father, a broken man who cannot give his son the home he desparately needs. As Alex is pulled between well-meaning but exhausted social workers and viciously cruel authority figures, his emotions and actions are forever careening off these two disparate influences. Only one constant remains: his no-good, criminal-minded peers, who are all too ready to plant illegal ideas in a young, bright mind that's already well on its way to social deviancy. LITTLE BOY BLUE vividly documents this destruction, allowing the reader to sift through the wreckage of a childhood gone terribly awry.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312169078
• ISBN 13: 9780312169077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312