Little Schoolboys
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1544887914 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Two Chicago detectives are called in by a nun to deal with a pedophile priest who is apparently sexually abusing altar boys. The novel is set in the late psychedelic 1960s in Chicago. Shortly afterward, the nun is found dead in her convent. The two detectives are attempting to deal with both the pedophilia and the murder, but the lead detective is distracted by the disappearance of his daughter who may have been kidnapped by drug dealers.
Growing up in the immigrant and refugee neighborhoods around Humboldt Park in Chicago, he met hardware store clerks with Auschwitz tattoos on their wrists, Polish cavalry officers who still mourned for their dead comrades, and women who had walked from Siberia to Iran to escape the Russians. His poetry, fiction, and essays try to remember them and their voices. . Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz, reviewing the Polish translation of Language of Mules, for the journal Tygodnik Powszechny, said, &ldq
Peg R said down and dirty sequel to Suitcase Charlie. Little Schoolboys is the fast-paced, down and dirty sequel to Suitcase Charlie. The time is ten years later, after the child murders in Suitcase Charlie. Chicago detectives Frank Purcell and Marvin Bondarowicz start out investigating a case of sexual assault on an altar boy by a priest. Then comes the murder of a beloved nun from the same parish. Add to that, Det. Purcell's family troubles and you have a story that will keep you guessing until the end.I highly recommend this book. It's not necessary to read Suitcase Charlie first, but I will tell you that it will help you understand
Growing up in the immigrant and refugee neighborhoods around Humboldt Park in Chicago, he met hardware store clerks with Auschwitz tattoos on their wrists, Polish cavalry officers who still mourned for their dead comrades, and women who had walked from Siberia to Iran to escape the Russians. His poetry, fiction, and essays try to remember them and their voices. Garrison Keillor read Guzlowski’s poem “What My Father Believed” on his program, The Writers Almanac. Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz, reviewing the Polish translation of Language of Mules, for the journal Tygodnik Powszechny, said, “This volume astonished me.” A Professor Em