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Bully: A True Story Of High School Revenge Mass Market Paperback – February 1, 1998

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Booby Kent was a bully--a steroid-pumped 20-year-old who dominated his peers in their comfortable, middle-class Ft. Lauderdale beach community through psychological, physical and sexual abuse. But on a summer night in 1993, Bobby was lured to the edge of the Florida everglades with a promise of sex and drugs. . .and was never seen alive again. The tormentor had become the victim in a bizarre and brutal act of vengeance carried out with ruthless efficiency and cold-blooded premeditation by seven of his high school acquaintances--including his lifelong best friend--and instigated by one overweight, underloved teenager who believed her life would be perfect. . .if only Bobby Kent were dead.

BULLY is a riveting story of adolescent rage and bloody revenge--all the more harrowing and horrific because its true.

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320 pages
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Avon
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February 1, 1998
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4.19 x 0.81 x 6.75 inches
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0380723336
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978-0380723331
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Jim Schutze has been nominated for two Edgar awards. He is the author of By Two and Two and Preacher's Girl. The Dallas bureau chief of of the Houston Chronicle, he has been an investigative reporter for the Detroit Free Press and the Dallas Times Herald. He now lives in Dallas with his wife and son.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avon; 60216th edition (February 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0380723336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0380723331
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 0.81 x 6.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #208,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #942 in Criminology (Books)
- #1,251 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts
- #20,431 in Teen & Young Adult Books

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otsTop Contributor: Philosophy

As they say, "it reads like a novel."

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021

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Among the better 'true crime' books. Tells in full brutal detail what happens when a bunch of high school dropouts with too much time and money and drugs on their hands turn on one of their own. He dies; they each blame everyone but themselves.

The book tells the details of their individual lives and how they really fall deeply into total loser-hood as a group. It follows through on what comes after the killing such as the arrests and trials.

You will notice [at least I did] how the parents [or parent] fall very far short of any good acceptable parenting methodology. Yes the kids are losers but they had close-up long-term examples to show them how losing is done.

A tragic tale well told.

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Mercedes

Interesting Story

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014

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After seeing the movie Bully more than a few times and snooping up what I could find on this true story on the internet I decided it was time to give the book a read. The murder just fascinates me and I'm sure a lot of it has to do with these kids are my same age. I truly don't know if Bobby Kent was the monster they made him out to be. I do believe he was a bully as was Marty Puccio. I dealt with bullies as I'm sure all of us did at some point. But this review isn't based on what I believe or don't. Nor will I get into that with anyone.

I did enjoy the book and ate it up in one sitting. Being as familiar as I was with the movie, having seen it quite a few times, the book follows the movie to a "t" and it fills in all the holes the movie left out and explains a lot more. After reading the book and seeing the movie and what I've read online about the case it put light on a lot of dark areas.

If this case interests you in any way, you must read this book. From my point of view it was well worth the read and I feel it does every member of this horrible crime justice. It allowed me to see the facts from each person's point of view.

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R. Watts

Well-written and researched book on the murder of Bobby Kent!

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015

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A very well-written and researched book about the murder of Bobby Kent back in the early 90s. I remember bits and pieces of this story as it happened, but I was in Boston and the murder took place in Hollywood, Florida. Local news up here didn't cover much of it. Had this crime occurred in the day and age of social media, we'd be swarmed with news of this event---the majority of it I'm sure, being full of inaccuracies. Thank goodness for the dedication of Jim Schutze in pulling this story together for the benefit of true-crime novel lovers. Although it's a very tragic and gruesome true story, its storytelling is easy to follow and really has a way of placing you there with the all-involved teens. Larry Clark's film BULLY was based on this novel, so if you're familiar with that film and you haven't read the original novelization of the incident, I suggest picking up this book.

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Jennifer Rose

Very well written and equally disturbing

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014

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After seeing this story on one of the crime shows on cable, I decided to read the book. Wow. What a sad, disgusting story of the death of Bobby Kent. It was hard it read, since Bobby was NOT a likable person at all. Nor were any of the kids who decided to murder him to escape the brutality they suffered at his hand. The book is very disturbing but I read it in 3 days as I could not put it down. It's like a bad car wreck. You don't want to see what's happened, but you can't turn away. I'm not entirely sure how accurate this book is, but knowing that NONE of the perpetrators could keep their mouths shut about the crime, perhaps it's not too far from the truth. Definitely worth reading. After reading it, I bought the movie from Amazon and while it was good, the book is much better (as they usually are). I was bothered by the fact that there wasn't a single photo of Bobby before his murder - only one of his dead body. I knew what he looked like from the TV show about it, but I still think they should have had at least one picture of him. Perhaps the author didn't have permission? Anyway, I would definitely recommend it if you are interested in true crime and don't mind a lot of swearing and sex scenes.

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Tiffani

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020

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This story would be unbelievable if you didn't already know that it's true.

I was also impressed with the quality of the book. Even though it was used and is an older book, it was like new.

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Terry M. Callen

Victim, perpetrators equally unlikeable

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2004

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The book held my interest, but as much as I hate to say this about a murder victim, I didn't have much sympathy for Bobby Kent. This guy would've wound up dead or in prison sooner or later.

The perpetrators were equally worthy of contempt. These kids are totally lacking in morals or ambition. It's depressing to think that they represent the future of this country.

The parents of these perps are just as guilty. They allowed their minor kids to drop out of school and not work, while they continued to support them, bought them cars and looked the other way as they used/sold drugs, prostituted themselves, etc. Ali Willis' parents were unbelievable: they let that girl do whatever she wanted because they were afraid of her tantrums...please! And SHE has a CHILD? The poor kid!

Fred and Farah Kent seemed to think their son was some sort of saint, while Marty Puccio's parents seemed too busy to notice that their son was being abused physically and psychologically.

It wasn't Lisa Connelly's weight that boys found unattactive, but her lousy attitude, her slovenliness and her temper tantrums. I would like to have a dollar for every time she was described in the book as "sullen." She came off as pathetic, willing to stay with someone who abused her both physically and emotionally (and who let his buddy do the same). I guess when you get down to brass tacks, no guy really respects a girl who doesn't respect herself. I feel sorry for her daughter by Puccio, Megan. That kid isn't swimming in a very good gene pool.

The fact that Connelly (and her family) didn't seem to grasp what she had done made me wish I could reach into the book and slap her. She should have gotten the death penalty as well.

I cannot believe that Marty Puccio's death sentence has been commuted to a life sentence. It appears that the lives of people like him (and Rod Ferrell, the subject of Aphrodite Jones' "The Embrace") are deemed by the Florida courts to have more value than than those of their victims.

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pongoose

Not Happy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2019

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I recently bought this book and yesterday after finishing another book , i decided to read this one. I got to page 4 and then realised 15 pages were missing from the book. I am not happy at all as it missed out some of the story and i dont know what happened.Also i wished i had listened to some of the reviews about this book and not bought it.I have read in total about 60 pages of the book and i am so bored with it i may just throw the book away and not bother continuing.Why ?? the author just rambles on about the 2 males involved in this trying to paint a picture of what they are like , more like a biography than getting or telling the story of what happened etc.I wish i had not bought this book.

Ashraf Rakik

Good reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2021

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I really light the book And the film was not bad aswell

Mandy ann gibbon

Great Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2016

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Thank you, received. Great book.

jan lambeth

excellent reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2012

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I really enjoyed this book. It was difficult for me to put it down once i started it. I could not believe this story was real life and the age of the characters. AMAZING !!!!!
When they were all on the beach, that dreadful night, was terrifying for me reading how they killed Bobby, i kept thinking OH MY GOD, WHEN WILL IT ALL END !!! how many times can you try to kill someone ? I know what Bobby did to Marty was terrible but, by the end of the story i actually felt sorry for Bobby. Did he really need to die ????? Read and make your mind up.

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Laura Barker

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2020

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Hard hitting book. Couldnt put it down

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