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Mysterious Skin

Scott Heim

Paperback | Pages: 292 pages

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Title	:	Mysterious Skin
Author	:	Scott Heim
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 292 pages
Published	:	May 10th 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. Contemporary. GLBT. Queer. Gay

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At the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five–hour period of time.

During the following years he slowly recalls details from that night, but these fragments are not enough to explain what happened to him, and he begins to believe that he may have been the victim of an alien encounter. Neil McCormick is fully aware of the events from that summer of 1981. Wise beyond his years, curious about his developing sexuality, Neil found what he perceived to be love and guidance from his baseball coach. Now, ten years later, he is a teenage hustler, a terrorist of sorts, unaware of the dangerous path his life is taking. His recklessness is governed by idealized memories of his coach, memories that unexpectedly change when Brian comes to Neil for help and, ultimately, the truth.

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Original Title:	Mysterious Skin
ISBN:	0060841699 (ISBN13: 9780060841690)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States)
Literary Awards:	Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Men's Fiction (1996)

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I first noticed this book in my local library shortly after it was published. At the time it had the photograph of Froot Loops cereal on the cover. I think I noticed the Froot Loops on the spine. It was on the new shelf. I went to it, lured by the loops which anybody my age, give or take (mostly take) a few years, would instantly recognize from ads seen on Saturday morning network TV. The title intrigued me. I think it's from a song, but don't quote me on that. The song itself may be quoted in

I reckon I've had this book for the best part of ten years, just sitting there unread waiting for the day when I felt like reading the original novel of a powerful and truly memorable film, perhaps even the finest work by one of my favourite directors. I nearly gave it away several times, sure that it was just taking up unnecessary space in my overburdened shelves, I mean, what more could it offer me that the movie hadn't already given in spades? And now? I'm relieved that it is over, there's a

Before he even opened his wounded mouth I knew what he would say. I knew it as conclusively as I knew my family, my self, and as he spoke it seemed as though his story had already ended, I was already tucked away in some warm and secure place, I was already remembering his words. When I was reading the last scene of this book just now, I kept imagining a character outside to the story stumbling upon it, and what they'd make of it. The last few sentences are something that could be the opening to

Brian Lackey and Neil McCormick are two very different human beings. One is a pimply, awkward nerd with a weird obsession with aliens. The other is a wild, terrorising too-hot-for-his-own-good type of guy who spends his saturdays hustling in the park. But Brian and Neil actually do have something in common. Something horrible and dark, hidden in their past. Brian doesn't remember, but he feels a strong need to find out what happened to him that summer when he lost several hours of his life. Neil

I want to preface my review with a warning for readers like myself who are going into this book with nothing but the blurb as guidance. This book is explicit. And by that, I mean that there are explicit descriptions of the sexual abuse of eight year old boys, there is an explicit scene of a man getting raped, and there is an incident of horrific bullying against a special needs child featuring the boy being taken sexual advantage of. It is not a light read, and for anyone who has been through

"Why now?" Neil asked. "Why do you need this now? Why did you search me out?""I'm tired of it," I said. "I want to dream about something else for a change."I loved the 2004 film of Mysterious Skin (directed by Gregg Araki) more than I do the original novel. Scott Heim's We Disappear is one of my special favorites that I have read this year (I am a lucky dog and I know it because I have read a lot of favorite novels in 2012). That film and that novel did something that was, to me, astonishingly

I thought I might give some thoughts while the story's still fresh in my system. I wish I'd read the novel first, but, I have to say that I agree with the screenwriter who adapted Mysterious Skin to its movie version that Eric Preston should be Mexican-American. It just makes more sense to me as someone who's once lived near Modesto that that would be the case. In theory, it shouldn't make that much of a difference but it does since Preston's voice factors so much into the story...I thought the