Spare, simple stories that accrue winningly, reminding us of the Machiavellian complexities of childhood, and its occasional quiet victories." - George Saunders, author of Civil War Land in Bad Decline and Pastorelia ""David Lloyd's translucent prose reveals some of the darkest secrets of childhood. Boys is a wise and deeply satisfying book."" - David Huddle, author of The Story ... Read moreof a Million Years and La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl ""Boys is a brilliant evocation of the rites of passage for adolescents. In quiet, understated prose, David Lloyd details the small but powerful moments in a boy's life.... When you finish the book, you can only wonder how any boy in America survives to manhood."" - Michael C. White, author of A Brother's Blood ""David Lloyd summons clear-eyed, hard-hitting moments of the age where childhood is left behind and new rules are sought, where boys may be fierce in loyalty or betrayal, show tenderness or - more often - no mercy.... These boys linger, sometimes haunt, keeping their secrets as real boys do."" - Harriet Richards, author of The Lavender Child and Time for the Piano Timer to Die Show Less