num_pages: 625
description: An Alabama boys innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of Swan Song. Its 1964 in idyllic Zephyr Alabama. People either work for the paper mill up the Tecumseh River or for the local dairy. Its a simple life but it stirs the impressionable imagination of twelve-year-old aspiring writer Cory Mackenson. Hes certain hes sensed spirits whispering in the churchyard. Hes heard of the weird bootleggers who lurk in the dark outside of town. Hes seen a flood leave Main Street crawling with snakes. Cory thrills to all of it as only a young boy can. Then one morning while accompanying his father on his milk route he sees a car careen off the road and slowly sink into fathomless Saxons Lake. His father dives into the icy water to rescue the driver and finds a beaten corpse naked and handcuffed to the steering wheela copper wire tightened around the strangers neck. In time the townsfolk seem to forget all about the unsolved murder. But Cory and his father cant. Their search for the truth is a journey into a world where innocence and evil collide. What lies before them is the stuff of fear and awe magic and madness fantasy and reality. As Cory wades into the deep end of Zephyr and all its mysteries hell discover that while the pleasures of childish things fade away growing up can be a strange and beautiful ride. Strongly echoing the childhood-elegies of King and Bradbury and every bit their equal Boys Life a winner of both the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Awards represents a brilliant blend of mystery and rich atmosphere the finest work of one of todays most accomplished writers (Kirkus Reviews).
language: English
title: Boy's Life
publisher: Open Road Media