false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171245800m/92365.jpg 92365 9 <P>At the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five&ndash;hour period of time.</P><P> During the following years he slowly recalls details from that night, but these fragments are not enough to explain what happened to him, and he begins to believe that he may have been the victim of an alien encounter. Neil McCormick is fully aware of the events from that summer of 1981. Wise beyond his years, curious about his developing sexuality, Neil found what he perceived to be love and guidance from his baseball coach. Now, ten years later, he is a teenage hustler, a terrorist of sorts, unaware of the dangerous path his life is taking. His recklessness is governed by idealized memories of his coach, memories that unexpectedly change when Brian comes to Neil for help and, ultimately, the truth.</P> 89082 1995 Mysterious Skin total:535|5:176|4:204|3:117|2:31|1:7| 535 2116 810 71 2 4 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Jul 03 10:17:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 10:32:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Sep 18 20:25:43 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 16 08:11:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Oct 05 22:51:09 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 22:51:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Jun 05 22:03:21 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 15:28:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Oct 24 13:44:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 13:44:10 -0700 2009
Well first, let's talk about the characters. I love well-rounded characters; they're the most ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 16:45:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:52:23 -0700 2009 A story of two boys that both experience sexual molestation from their little league coach, while turning out quite differently.

Neil becomes a male prostitute with some horrible results, and Brian believes he was abducted by aliens.

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That being said, I did really like the book. The writing is a little choppy and the similes a little too forced through about the first half of the ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 23:26:29 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 23:31:45 -0700 2009
If you're thinking about reading it, make sure you know what you're in for--this is a story...more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:51:51 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 13:30:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 09 12:07:46 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:09:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 26 15:17:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:18:51 -0700 2009
Maybe the stuff when Neil moves to NYC and is being a hustler there seemed a bit more hackneyed this time - the Kansas parts are way st...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Thu Mar 27 10:05:10 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:30:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 11:17:08 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:13:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 07 13:32:03 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 11:31:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=92365