The release date for the English version of 'Sleepers' by
Lorenzo Carcaterra is Oct 1996. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
1. An out-of-town hit guy who stays overnight after finishing a local job (sleeper colloquialism). 2. A minor who has been ordered to spend more than nine months in an institution under state management.
The tale of four young boys is told here. Four pals for life.
They are inseparable; they are smart above their years, intelligent, and full of fun. Despite their limitless potential, they are happy to dwell in the confined society of Hell's Kitchen in New York City. and to pull as many practical jokes as they can on the street's inhabitants. They're never discovered. They are aware that they never will.
Up until a tragically hot July day.
That day, an innocent plan that starts off badly turns tragically wrong. at addition, the four might spend a year behind bars at the Wilkinson Home for Boys. Twelve is the youngest, while fifteen is the oldest. Their lives will never be the same after what occurs to them throughout that year, including terrible beatings and unspeakable humiliation.
One becomes a lawyer years later. A reporter, one. And two of them have grown up to be professional hitmen and murders. The hurt and terror of Wilkinson still rages deep within each of them. It can only be erased by one item.
Get even.
They will contort the legal system to get what they want. Rule the courtroom to suit their needs. Apply the cunning they saw on the streets with the savagery they were taught at Wilkinson.
The only thing they stand to lose if they are apprehended again is their lives.
The remarkable real tale of four guys who enforce their own laws is told in SLEEPERS. It paints a vivid picture of a system gone wrong and the individuals who must bear the consequences—some innocent, others not so innocent. At the heart of SLEEPERS is a sensational murder trial that ultimately gives devastating, yet exhilarating, proof of street justice and truly defines the meaning of loyalty and love between friends. Even at its most terrifying, SLEEPERS is a really remarkable book because it is told with such compassion and humor.