by Lorenzo Carcaterra · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099628712
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«Sleepers» is Lorenzo Carcaterra's account of true events, published by Arrow in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Four childhood friends in New York's West Side share a poor childhood full of mischief. A prank that goes wrong lands them in a reformatory where they suffer abuse at the hands of the guards. Years later, a chance encounter with one of their tormentors leads to a crime and a trial in which their loyalty to one another is their only card.
Published on April 4, 1996, it was a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and was adapted into a movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Robert de Niro and Kevin Bacon.
Recommended for readers of true stories, crime and survival, and for those who value tales of friendship and loyalty with courtroom tension.
Lorenzo Carcaterra is an American writer of Italian descent. Hell's Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted as a 1996 film of the same name. In April 2009, he joined True/Slant as a blogger. True/Slant ceased operations on July 31, 2010, after only being open for a little less than a year total.
