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Article: Rule of the Bone.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Antioch Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
- Author:
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How much slack can you cut the author and narrator as they stretch credulity? A 14-year-old boy named Chapman ("Chappie"), who later renames himself Bone, steals from family and mall stores, then quits school and home to deal marijuana to a biker gang. Mistakes force him to run from friends-turned-enemies until he joins I-Man, an elderly Jamaican Rastafarian, and Sister Rose, a homeless child, with whom he discovers familial love. Stretches for sure, but refreshing so far. Bone is the victim of still more social ills, enough to keep counselors and talk-show hosts busy for the rest of their lives: alcoholic mother, absent father, abusive stepfather, child-porn predator, ...
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