false <![CDATA[The End Of Alice]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170875930m/75479.jpg 75479 5 The narrator is Chappy, a pedophile who's been locked up in Sing Sing for 23 years for the rape and decapitation of 12-year-old Alice. The tale alternates between Chappy's own story (both outside and inside of prison), and letters he receives from a 19-year-old girl who knows of Alice's fate and wants to start playing with 12-year-old boys. The girl's letters disturb Chappy, bringing his memories vividly to the fore. In prose that is both lyrical and horrifyingly direct, A.M. "Amy" Homes takes us into the minds of the correspondents. Chappy is bright, analytical, and reminiscent of Nabokov in the way he talks about his "Lolita." But the sex is graphic and often bizarre, and the author's tone is chilly, so it's not a book to be picked up lightly. As Daphne Merkin writes in the <i>New York Times</i>, it's a "splashy, not particularly likable book whose best moments are quietly observed and whose underlying themes are more serious than prurient." 2702599 1996 The End Of Alice total:866|5:217|4:309|3:232|2:71|1:37| 866 3196 1231 162 5 11 false false Fri Aug 24 10:42:42 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 10:54:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:40:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:55:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 4 false false Thu Oct 25 10:41:52 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 10:45:07 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 23:07:27 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 00:22:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 08 12:36:34 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 17 11:21:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jul 12 14:29:09 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 21 07:07:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 04 15:02:06 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 15:06:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 11:28:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 07:22:22 -0700 2009 The second was a short story I read a couple weeks ago written in the voice of a middle aged ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:44:51 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:47:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 10:41:13 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:50:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 05:02:16 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:10:36 -0800 2009
Homes is no Nabokov. She's a perfectly...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 11:27:38 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:54:32 -0800 2009
I just finished this damn thing about 15 minutes ago. It's excellent by most of the measures I can think of. The writing is great. The characters are vivid. And yes, of course, it's challeng...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 19:37:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:08:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:25:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:28:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 21:48:27 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 08:08:04 -0700 2008 1
That being said, this was a very good book. My justification for this bein...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:02:07 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:06:02 -0700 2008
The thing is, I'm a jaded reader. I can take a lot of horrible things. A book from the perspecti...more...]]> 2 1 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 22:17:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 22:26:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 09 17:33:14 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 14:45:20 -0800 2009 2
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It's not often one finds a book about pedophilia with "The National Bestseller" across the top of its cover. I was intrigued. By the end, I was disgusted (and the pedophilia angle was actualyl the least disgusting of the novel's man...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 29 13:33:58 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 22 06:21:31 -0800 2008
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