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The Boy

Naeem Murr

1998214 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Houghton Mifflin Co. · 214 pages · ENGISBN 9780395901069
  • 1998HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 217 pages · ENGISBN 9781857028232
  • 1999HarperCollins Publishers Limited · ENGISBN 9781857028430
  • 2017Independently Published · ENGISBN 9781520407074
  • 1999Mariner Books · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780395957905
NeutralTenseStandard readGeneral Psychology

A debut novel features a charismatic chameleon of a boy who draws his foster family into a web of mysterious, unwholesome intentions

How it feels

AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

PacePage turnerSlow burn
Character focusSingle lead
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