false<![CDATA[In the Forest: A Novel]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255739709m/2367492.jpg68300613Based on a horrendous true crime, IN THE FOREST is the story of Mich O'Kane -- 'not all there in the head' it's said -- who shoots three people dead in the woods of Ireland. Edna O'Brien traces the events that lead to such horror. Mich O'Kane hears voices; he cannot stop mourning the death of his mother. Theft and other crimes lead him to a Christian Brothers borstal, then to a British prison. By the time he returns home, he is an institutionalised criminal incapable of telling the truth even to himself. Single mother Eily lives with her young son Maddie in a house Mich camped out in after his mother's death. One night, Mich drags them out of the house and orders Eily to drive to the forest. The third death is that of a priest he entreats to come to the murder site. This tragic and starkly terrible story is told from various points of view, including Eily's, Mich's granny's, and a priest's. But the core of the story is Mich, born to fail. Can there be any hope for him?30816062002In the Foresttotal:111|5:19|4:38|3:35|2:15|1:4|1113862862620falsetrueSun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed Jan 28 10:52:27 -0800 2009Tue Feb 17 12:18:39 -0800 20091 Based on true events (or inspired by?) In the Forest is the story of a boy destroyed by the system intending to help or "correct" him. Only after a few glimpses at this destruction, we meet...more...]]>
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40falsefalseSun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun Sep 20 14:44:27 -0700 2009Tue Oct 06 12:18:02 -0700 2009 The description of the landscape is lush. The book is very plot driven but also very character driven and the forest is as much a character as the people who fe...more...]]>
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I have no idea why anyone would list this as a good book, let alone on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." The characters were compl...more...]]>
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