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Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Abortion
Caleb Carr is so deft with language and style that we clearly see the underside of turn of the (last) century NY through the eyes of someone all too familiar with its seediness. There are some funny bits here, especially with Mike the ferret (a literal ferret, not a criminal name) as he bonds with Stevie in preparation for a mission. All the characters are again fleshed out into real people; none is just background filler.
I first read this when it came out in 1997, but rereading it was eye opening. Having just finished Carr’s memoir of his lifelong love of cats, beginning in his horrible childhood, I was shocked to see he dedicated this book to his parents. However, I liked the jab under the dedication: Teddy Roosevelt’s “It is not having been in the dark house, but having left it, that counts.” As I moved through the book I was delighted to see that the whole thing is a F*** You to the alcoholic parents who abused him for so long. I just wish I knew their response to it.
Caleb Carr’s recent death is a huge loss for his readers. I’m now hoping to read or reread his books.
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, War
Minor: Rape
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Infertility