It's Halloween night, 1963, in De Pere, Wisconsin. Local children
dressed as ghosts, vampires, and hoboes chase one another on and off
porches and through the streets, hunting for Dum Dums, Slo Pokes, and
thrills. Meanwhile their parents fill the local bars, joking and
fighting, bobbing for apples, and dancing to the jukebox. But all is
not well. Evelyn Schmidt's life is almost at an end; she's been
diagnosed with cancer and given only days to live. She'll be damned if
she'll go quietly, though, in the hospital or at home. She's heading
for the Idle Hour to drink up a storm, whether her fellow drinkers
want her there or not. Steve Omsted is only sixteen, but it seems to
him his life might as well be over. He's on academic probation, he's
been kicked off the football team, and now his girlfriend has dropped
him. He's looking for an easy target for his rage and has set up a
nighttime ambush for his victim. Chuck Williams feels like his life
hasn't even started yet, but he can't wait any longer. He'll go
trick-or-treating, but he doesn't want to end up waxing windows with
the other fifth-graders; he's aiming to hang out with the older kids
and cause some real trouble. As the evening unfolds, the paths of
these and other characters converge in a series of shocking events
that will change the lives of all involved. In stark language and with
bold, cinematic vision, John Dixon delivers a stunning portrait of a
small town at war with itself.
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ISBN
9781891241710
Publisert
2018
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Verse Chorus Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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