Casebook

ISBN-13: 9780345807281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 336 str.

Mona Simpson

Opis

An Oprah.com Best book of the Year
Nine-year-old Miles Adler-Hart s mother, the Mims, is pretty for a mathematician. Miles and his best friend Hector are in thrall to her. When her marriage starts to unravel, the boys begin spying on her to find out why. They rifle through her dresser drawers, bug her telephone lines, and strip-mine her computer. Ultimately, what they find will affect the family s prosperity and sanity.
Burdened with such powerful information, the boys struggle to deal with the existence of evil, and proceed to concoct hilarious modes of revenge on their villains. Casebookbrilliantly reveals an American family coming apart at the seams and, simultaneously, reconstituting itself to sustain its members through their ultimate trial."