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Article: Krovatin, Christopher. Heavy metal and you.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- July 1, 2005
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KROVATIN, Christopher. Heavy metal and you. Scholastic, Push. 186p. c2005. 0-439-73648-X, $16.95. S
The author is a 20-year-old student at Wesleyan University who grew up in Manhattan, where this edgy story takes place. The summer before his freshman year, he was a Scholastic Push Writing Intern; presumably this debut novel is the result of that experience.
The narrator is Sam Markus, also known as Conan (the Barbarian) to his friends. His passion in life is heavy metal music, about which he has encyclopedic knowledge. Sam is also a good student who loves Holden Caulfield and understands Baudelaire's poetry; he goes to a prestigious all-male prep school ...
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