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Sleepers

Lorenzo Carcaterra

1995325 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1995
first published
  • 1995Century · 325 pages · ENGISBN 9780712676120
  • 1995Ballantine Books · 404 pages · ENGISBN 9780345396068
  • 1996Ballantine Books · 370 pages · ENGISBN 9780345404114
  • 2010Random House Group Limited · ENGISBN 9781407059396
  • 1996Arrow Books Ltd · 384 pagesISBN 9780099628712
  • 1998Ballantine Books · ENGISBN 9780345914651
  • 1995Random House Audio · ENGISBN 9780679447504
  • 1998Random House Value Publishing · ENGISBN 9780517315453

When friendship runs deeper than bloodAn unforgettable true story of friendship, loyalty and revenge. They were four boys who shared everything - the laughter and bruises of an impoverished upbringing in New York's West Side. Then one of their pranks misfired - a man nearly died and they were sent away to a reformatory school. Then they suffered the worst abuse the guards could inflict on them. They were forever scarred by their experiences. Eleven years later: two of them became killers for the mob. They met the ringleader of the guards who abused them - and shot him dead in front of several witnesses. No one thought they would see the outside of a prison again - but the four friends banded together once more and in one last, audacious stand brought their own vengeance to the courtroom.

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ThemesRevenge

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