American Literature: Red the Fiend (Paperback)

from arubabookwoman

This is the story of how a good child grows up to become a monster. The theme of abuse, poverty, neglect, and lack of education has been told many times, but Sorrentino's style is unique and compelling. The narrative varies seamlessly from omniscient third-party narrator to stream of consciousnes...

from HearTheWindSing

This family could make any run-of-the-mill dysfunctional families look like rainbows and sunshine.Grandma - Red's Grandma - can easily put to shame any tv show/book of the S#it My XYZ Says variety. She often breaks into over the top, endless diatribes without warning, giving one an earful about h...

from arubabookwoman

This is the story of how a good child grows up to become a monster. The theme of abuse, poverty, neglect, and lack of education has been told many times, but Sorrentino's style is unique and compelling. The narrative varies seamlessly from omniscient third-party narrator to stream of consciousnes...