When his father jumps in to rescue the driver, he discovers a deceased white man who had been beaten and strangled handcuffed to the steering wheel. While on a dairy route with his father, the two witness a car in front of them drive into Saxon's Lake, where it begins to sink into the abyss. The novel begins in 1961 during the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.
Read moreĬory Mackenson has had more adventures in his 12th year than many have had in their entire life. If you are looking forward to the story of a young boy and a mildy interesting murder mystery, I'd recommend this book. Cory, a keen, and intelligent boy, unveils the killer, and through the help of chracters such as his father, The Lady, and friends such as Ben and Johnny, solves the mystery
Also, the novel tells of the ghost of Midnight Mona, as well as Old Moses, a monster that resides in the depths of Saxon's Lake. For example, McCammon describes Cory's regular fights with the Branlin brothers how each and every time Cory and his friends would be severly beaten up. Besides this tragic incident, the novel details the life of Cory - his experiences with different people, and his reactions to different events/adversaries. This causes many sleepless nights, and much anxiety/bewilderment throughout the town of Zephyr. As the book details vividly, Cory's father, Tom, is overcome by grief, and anguish because he is unable to rescue a man from drowning. The book centers around a murder in Zephyr, a small, tightly-knit town in Alabama during the 1960's. Even as people age, the magic will never be lost. "Boy's Life", is the story of a young, adventurous boy named Cory Mackenson, and conveys a positive message-a bold message, that may appear even cynical to most. From an ancient mystic who can hear the dead and bewitch the living, to a violent clan of moonshiners, Cory must confront the secrets that hide in the shadows of his hometown - for his father's sanity and his own life hang in the balance. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake - and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson - a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever.
Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" (BookPage) in his award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally.īoy's Life is a richly imagined, spellbinding portrait of the magical worldview of the young - and of innocence lost.
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