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213 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781564784520
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication date: 01 October 2006
This book is ideal for readers drawn to stark, psychologically intense explorations of how familial cruelty and societal hardship forge a person's destructive identity.
Description
A recasting of Sorrentino's Aberration of Starlight, this is the story of how a child becomes a monster: of how Red the boy becomes Red the Fiend. With an absent father who turns up only to drunkenly berate his son, and a grandmother whose aggress...
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dark: 100%
sad: 100%
tense: 100%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual assault
213 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781564784520
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication date: 01 October 2006
This book is ideal for readers drawn to stark, psychologically intense explorations of how familial cruelty and societal hardship forge a person's destructive identity.
Description
A recasting of Sorrentino's Aberration of Starlight, this is the story of how a child becomes a monster: of how Red the boy becomes Red the Fiend. With an absent father who turns up only to drunkenly berate his son, and a grandmother whose aggress...
Community Reviews
Moods
dark: 100%
sad: 100%
tense: 100%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual assault