Ten Thousand Saints Mti

from refice

This is a well written novel that is depressing on so many levels that I hesitate to recommend it. Set in the late 1980's at the early stages of the punk rock era, the story follows a year in the lives of several teenagers, each the product of poor parenting. Tragically, Teddy dies of a drug over...

from wilsonknut

Eleanor Henderson's debut novel Ten Thousand Saints is set in the late 1980s and moves between small-town Vermont and New York City's Lower East Side. The topics range from gentrification, hardcore punk, drugs, death, teen pregnancy, sexuality, AIDS, straight edge culture, family dysfunction, mis...

from GCPLreader

Ten Thousand Saints is a strong debut novel set in the 80's in the NYC drug and music scene. Three teens cope with the death of their friend and their unstable parents. The "straight edge" counter-punk culture is new to me and it was interesting to read about this alternative life/music movement ...

from AnthonySchmitz

Truth is, it seems a little long before it's over, and a few of the main characters never really take off. But it's a big, old-fashioned novel at heart, even if it is about the straight-edge music scene of the late 80s. You get a touch of the mindless violence associated with that, plus the earli...

from lukespapa

This novel, for the most part, reflects the zeitgeist of mid-to-late 1980's New York City, and more specifically the developing straight edge/hard core scene. However, this is just the backdrop for the real meat of the book which is teenage angst in all its glory. The plot involves the poor choic...