The Every Boy

ISBN: 0618773401

Author: Shapiro, Dana Adam

Condition: Used

In this addictive and highly original debut novel a fifteen-year-old boy dies mysteriously, leaving behind a secret ledger filled with his darkly comic confessions. Whether fantasizing about being a minority, breaking into his neighbors homes, or gunning down an exotic bird, Henry Everys wayward quest for betterment sometimes bordered on the criminal. Alone now in their suburban house, his father pores over the ledger in a final attempt to connect with the boy he never really knew-and, more urgently, to figure out how he died. As Harlan Every learns the truth about his sons many misadventures and transgressions, he also discovers the part he unwittingly played in Henrys tragic death and the real reason his wife walked out years ago. The story grows into two parallel love stories-one past, one present-with drastically different outcomes.Witty and wise, The Every Boy is a page-turning mystery, a love story, an exploration of what it means to be a family, and a one-of-a kind celebration of human individuality.