by A . M . Homes (Author)
The End of Alice treads the thin line between the evil and the everyday and caused a major controversy when it was first released in the US. The story centres on the correspondence of two paedophiles: one, the narrator, is a middle-aged child-killer serving his twenty-third year in prison; the other, his slang-speaking, sweet-seeming admirer, is a nineteen-year-old girl intent on seducing a young neighbourhood boy. Slowly, through these letters, the narrator's dangerous character emerges.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 04 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 1847087256
ISBN 13: 9781847087256
Book Overview: A macabre and thrilling look at the vagaries of desire and its terrible consequences