A book that challenges the word "powerful" and obliterates it. Written in searing prose, this is the story of two mentally ill boys, Erik, who believes he's a saint, and Thorn, who believes he's a demon. The book chronicles their lives as their minds devolve into hallucinations and shows the way their worlds intersect, culminating in a final stand-off in a school playground, where one boy has brought an automatic weapon and is intent on killing the children in the school, and the other vows to stop him, even if it means sacrificing himself.
- ISBN13 9780399172908
- Publish Date 12 May 2015
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 20 January 2017
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Philomel Books,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English