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Invisible Boy (A Madeline Dare Novel)
Cornelia Read
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Description for Invisible Boy (A Madeline Dare Novel)
Hardcover. From the acclaimed author of A FIELD OF DARKNESS and THE CRAZY SCHOOL comes her most powerful and provocative work yet, featuring the acerbic and memorable voice of ex-debutante Madeline Dare. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 39. Weight in Grams: 676.
The smart-mouthed but sensitive runaway socialite Madeline Dare is shocked when she discovers the skeleton of a brutalized three-year-old boy in her own weed-ridden family cemetery outside Manhattan. Determined to see that justice is served to the perpetrators, Madeline finds herself examining her own troubled personal history, and the sometimes hidden, sometimes all-too-public class and racial warfare that penetrates every level of society in the savage streets of New York City during the early 1990s. She is aided in her efforts by a colorful assemblage of friends, relatives and new acquaintances, each one representing a separate strand of the ... Read more
The smart-mouthed but sensitive runaway socialite Madeline Dare is shocked when she discovers the skeleton of a brutalized three-year-old boy in her own weed-ridden family cemetery outside Manhattan. Determined to see that justice is served to the perpetrators, Madeline finds herself examining her own troubled personal history, and the sometimes hidden, sometimes all-too-public class and racial warfare that penetrates every level of society in the savage streets of New York City during the early 1990s. She is aided in her efforts by a colorful assemblage of friends, relatives and new acquaintances, each one representing a separate strand of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780446511346
SKU
V9780446511346
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About Cornelia Read
Cornelia Read grew up in New York, California, and Hawaii. She is a reformed debutante who currently lives in Berkeley
Reviews for Invisible Boy (A Madeline Dare Novel)
Read expertly evokes the New York City of the period, from the nearly palpable grime of Chelsea to disturbing undertones of racism and classism in the justice system. Equal parts toughness and vulnerability, Madeline is always a bracing heroine
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