Boy Still Missing A Novel
Boy Still Missing by John Searles is a novel published by HarperCollins on June 14, 2005. This 320-page book is set in June 1971 and follows Dominick Pindle, a tenderhearted but aimless teenager from Massachusetts. As he navigates his tumultuous family life, he becomes entangled in a forbidden relationship with his father’s mistress, Edie Kramer. This connection leads to unexpected consequences, revealing dark secrets that challenge Dominick’s understanding of his mother and himself.
Readers will find a narrative that combines elements of fiction with the thrilling pace of a suspenseful story. The novel explores themes of desire, betrayal, and the complexities of growing up during a tumultuous era. As Dominick grapples with his emotions and the fallout from his choices, the book presents a vivid portrait of a young man’s journey into adulthood, marked by both personal and familial turmoil.
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It is June 1971. Dominick Pindle, a tenderhearted but aimless Massachusetts teenager, spends his nights driving around with his mother and dragging his wayward father out of bars. Late one evening, Dominick’s search puts him face-to-face withhis father’s seductive mistress, Edie Kramer. Instantly in lust, he begins a forbidden relationship with this beautiful, mysterious woman. Before long, though, their erotic entanglement leads to a shocking death, and Dominick discovers that the mother he betrayed hid secrets as dark and destructive as his own.
Charged with the exhilarating narrative pace of a thriller and set during a complicated and explosive era, Boy Still Missing is the critically acclaimed debut novel from John Searles. It renders a deeply affecting portrait of a boy whose passage into adulthood proves as complex and impassioned as the history that unfolds before his eyes.
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