LoginThe End Of Alice
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The narrator is Chappy, a pedophile who's been locked up in Sing Sing for 23 years. The tale alternates between Chappy's own story (both outside and inside of prison), and letters he receives from a 19-year-old girl who knows of Alice's fate and wants to start playing with 12-year-old boys. The girl's letters disturb Chappy, bringing his memories vividly to the fore. In prose that is both lyrical and horrifyingly direct, A.M. "Amy" Homes takes us into the minds of the correspondents. Chappy is bright, analytical, and reminiscent of Nabokov in the way he talks about his "Lolita." But the sex
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Manufacturer: Scribner
Release date: 18 February 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684827107 | ISBN-13: 9780684827100
Release date: 18 February 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684827107 | ISBN-13: 9780684827100
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