Death of a superhero
By: Anthony McCarten
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Leukemia; Patients; Fiction; Problem youth
Description: Donald Delpe is dying. But this 14-year-old virgin has an urgent desire to have sex, at least once, before he goes. Who will help him? Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he endlessly dashes his parents' hopes by refusing to fight the battles facing him in the real world. Enter renowned psychologist, Dr Adrian King, the man charged with fixing Donald's head so the chemo has a better chance of fixing his disease. But will the doctor break his own rules, betray the parents' trust, and risk everything to help Donald achieve his greatest wish? Or will Donald be the one to save the doctor?