An eight-year-old boy with a case of head lice kills and narrates, withholding the identity of his victim until the end of the novel. In the process, he discovers the reason behind his parents' divorce and unknowingly unravels the mystery surrounding the nickname of his sadistic father.
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THE BOY WHO KILLED CATERPILLARS teaches us how to see afresh how sentences look and function on the page, isolating their sparse beauty, floating each in a small sea of white space, making each tentative, always ready to try a new version of itself, making each as obsessive about itself as the unhinged Oedipal narrator is about himself, about his universe of childhood secrets, fears, trespasses, violence, voyeurism, a frightening father, an ineffectual mother, a bevy of bullying boys, a houseful of haunting revelations. Tight, clean, spare, this is the real deal. --Lance Olsen, author of 'Nietzche's Kisses' and 'Anxious Pleasures'
About the Author
Joshua Kornreich lives and works in New York City. The BoyWho Killed Caterpillars is his first novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Riveting,
By Rene Geller (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Boy Who Killed Caterpillars (Paperback)
From the first page it was almost impossible to put down. If I hadn't had to work the next day, I would have read right through. Powerful, gripping, and surpassingly original I constantly found myself uncertain whether to laugh or cry. I highly recommend this book. One caveat for parents though--keep this book away from children and young adults(under 17)--it is definitely for mature audiences only.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good 1st book,
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This review is from: The Boy Who Killed Caterpillars (Paperback)
After finding this accidentally, intrigued, I purchased a copy. The first few chapters were difficult to get into the rhythm of the narrator, but after that little adjustment, the book flew by. I think I read it in about 3 hrs. (which is good beause I have 2 small children distracting me!) I agree - it's for adult audiences only though. It had intresting (and vivid) themes, and an unpredicible end. Which I value - I dislike predictibility.
Good first novel. PW- Ohio.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Page-Turner,
This review is from: The Boy Who Killed Caterpillars (Paperback)
From the very first page this books grabs you and won't let you go.
Written from the perspective of an eight-year-old, the author's voice is strong and realistic. Mysterious, suspenseful and psychologically thought-provoking -- CATERPILLARS is an original piece of fiction that I found to be throughly enjoyable.
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