"West writes about childhood - all the politics, secret joys, terrors, and anxieties - so thoughtfully that by the time you realize that this is not your childhood it's impossible not to relate. The story is reminiscent of The River's Edge and early Stephen King, but with a voice that is uniquely West's own. It is lush and beautiful and heartbreaking."- Amazon.com It's 1989 in Limerick, Ireland, and eleven year old Richie South's summer is shattered by a terrible crime which happens within a few feet of his home. When little Tommy Kelly is murdered in the local quarry, Richie and his friends...