Muerte al alba

by Robert R. McCammon

Hardcover, 550 pages

Spanish language

Published May 8, 1993 by Círculo de Lectores.

ISBN:: 978-84-226-4675-4
OCLC Number:: 435405016

(14 reviews)

Un día de marzo, antes de despuntar el alba, Cory Mackenson y su padre descubren el cadáver de un hombre que ha sido estrangulado tras haber sufrido una terrible paliza. El trágico suceso ejerce una malévola influencia en la vida del adolescente y de su familia, así como en la pequeña población de Alabama donde habitan. Apremiado por esta angustiosa situación, Cory comienza a investigar en solitario hasta desvelar un secreto ignorado por todos los vecinos del pueblo. Al mismo tiempo, sus pesquisas le abrirán las puedas de un mundo maravilloso e inquietante.

Una novela llena de magia y misterio que describe la iniciación a la vida de un muchacho de doce años en el fascinante marco de la década de los años sesenta, cuando las primeras manifestaciones hippies, las acciones del Ku Klux klan y la llegada del consumismo desfilan frente a la curiosa e ingenua mirada del joven.

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Christian B reviewed Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

All of childhood in one fateful summer...

5 stars

Arguably McCammon's most popular novel (or one of them anyway), named after a popular magazine published throughout the 1900s, the book blends a variety of plot elements into a feast of adventure and mystery. The overarching story has to do with a grisly murder in a quaint southern American town in the early 1960s, but takes many side roads into other genres and subplots: the KKK and the American civil rights movement, ghost stories, baseball, monsters literal and figurative, childhood friendships, and much more. May be hard to relate to for some, but if you grew up reading adventure books like Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson, My Side Of The Mountain, and on and on, it'll feel very familiar.

Sandra reviewed Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon

Review of "Boy's Life" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I'm not so sure about this one. It kind of was all over the place. The magical realism... just no. It would have been a more powerful story if the focus was a son watching a father struggle to come to terms with a traumatizing event as he himself charts his own course through adolescence. Children grow up thinking their parents have all the answers, have life figured out. It can rock their foundations when they realize their parents can fail, can be frightened, can have a have a hard time moving forward after adversity. A young boy entering adolescence is often times conflicted about his parents anyway, let alone if something life altering befalls the family. But, no. The author chose to make it all whacky with zombie dogs and dinosaurs and steal scenes right out of a Stephen King novella. It was a southern gothic coming of age …