FREE: The Edge by Michael Cadnum (1999, Hardcover)

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Hi and welcome to this auction. Up for auction is this: The Edge by Michael Cadnum (1999, Hardcover).

Synposis:
Zachary is an angry young man who is both attracted to and repelled by the violence he sees around him. He has dropped out of high school and become estranged from his girlfriend, and his best buddy has moved away. His rage, kept mostly in check, explodes sporadically in vicious fights. In the aftermath of one such melee, he finds a .38 and buries it in the garden. He lives comfortably with his divorced mother but has little enthusiasm for anything; his only goal is to pass his high school equivalency test. Then one day he gets a call telling him that his father has been shot during a robbery. As he watches the critically wounded man on the edge of death, he struggles to make sense of his own life. When the suspect is set free because of a lack of witnesses, Zachary digs up the handgun and tracks him down with the intent to kill him. At the last moment, he is unable to pull the trigger. Cadnum tells a thought-provoking story full of rich, well-developed characters. He immediately engages readers' attention and brilliantly maintains the pacing; tension is enhanced as scenes end abruptly. Well written, in language both simple and gripping, this book explores a variety of themes including the attraction of revenge, the tension between mother and son, the challenge of living up to one's father's accomplishments, and the flaws of our legal system.

PLEASE NOTE: This book was bought during a Library sales from US Marine Corps Station Library, in Cherry Point, NC.

Condition: This book is in LIKE NEW condition. Please note there are Library stickers on the dust cover and on final back page. There is no damage to the dust cover, spine, corners, or pages. There is no yellowing of the pages.

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