Synopsis Growing up in the desolation of a California trailer-park desert town during the 1970s, Ares Ramirez lives with his free-thinking mother and mentally handicapped brother, and finds himself channeling his teenage frustrations into violence.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-04-14 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 271 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 9.9 oz |
Publisher's Note Prompted by the burden of responsibility he has assumed for his mentally handicapped younger brother, twelve-year-old Ares Ramirez is drawn into a dark and dangerous world of drugs, violence, and sex for which he is not prepared. By the author of Babe in Paradise and No Direction Home. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews "The characters are painted with compassion and unflinching honesty..." (02/17/2008)
"Marisa Silver's second novel establishes her on the cusp of literary mastery." (04/30/2008)
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