The Lucky Boy
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Seth is a young boy who does not fit in anywhere. He is severely punished for the smallest of errors by his father a neurosurgeon. Seth’s mother is a socialite who drowns her problems in pills and alcohol. The father decides he cannot deal with Seth anymore and sends him to live with his paternal Grandmother. Seth’s Grandmother is more patient than his parents were. Seth becomes friends with a family down the street and falls in love with their daughter Amy. When grandmother dies of a stroke he is sent back to his emotionally distant family.
In high school, Seth discovers he has talents in swimming and selling drugs to his friends. Seth decides he needs $10000.00 to find Amy who has moved to California. Building a twisted friendship with Jon, they make money organizing street fights between homeless men and taking bets. The two become friends and through their illegal activities, Seth saves up the money to leave on his journey to find Amy.
The disturbing results of his quest will haunt the reader. A hypnotic tale of disillusionment and madness.
Even the worst of men deserve a chance at redemption.
The writing style is 21st Century in beats. The scenes feel voyeuristic. A tour de force of a novel like no other coming of age story. Dark Fiction, Thriller.
Customer Reviews
Compelling to be Cult Fiction
The writing is tight and new. The story is about this tortured guy. He has acne, he's short, he is bullied and hated by his parents. The cold parents send him away to live with his Grandmother. He attempts to connect with others through this Catholic guilt/ spiritual awakening. Then again everything is taken from him- his Grandmother dies. The boy becomes a young man and you will think he is destined to be in prison or some criminal because he picks every dark path in his way. What can I compare it to? If Mary Oliver and Chuck Palahnuik had a child then they send her to Cambridge or a tower in Oxford that would be Gerardo's writing style. She makes nasty violent fight scenes sound like opera. Drugs, sex, and poetry rather than rock and roll. Great, frightening and you won't put it down.
Chilling Amazing Journey
Is Seth McGrath crazy, ADHD, or just disconnected from everyone? This young man is blamed for a fire and sent away to live with his Grandmother in Philadelphia in 1965. His parents are dysfunctional. The mother is a socialite who only cares about diet pills, sleeping pills and the uppers or downers that help keep her demons at bay. His father is a neurosurgeon who beats the boy for the most minor things. The life with Grandmother introduces Seth to her Roman Catholic spirituality, racial equality and a life of grace. When she suddenly dies Seth must return to his horrible life in Radnor. The young man begins to make every wrong choice. He steals, sells drugs to make friends, and arranges violent street fights between homeless men for the betting money. Every thing he does without consideration leads to another bad event. Can he pull himself from the tail spin? He runs away to find his one true love.
The writing is in scenes, the fight sequences are written like music, the teen speaks in Hemingway six word sentences and recites violent poetry. Magically Seth pulls the reader into this journey and you can not stop reading. Wonderful story -
The Kid Who Gets Away With Murder
A fast paced book . A journey from a hell of a childhood. No wonder he sells drugs, steals and cheats to go find the girl of his dreams. Gerardo's writing style is clean and poetic, not long winded or slow. A thriller. A dark story. A fun read.