An edition of Rule of the Bone (1995)

Rule of the Bone

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Rule of the Bone
Russell Banks, Russell Banks
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An edition of Rule of the Bone (1995)

Rule of the Bone

  • 4.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 14 Want to read
  • 3 Have read

Chappie, the precociously wise narrator of Rule of the Bone, is a punked-out teenager living in an upstate New York trailer park with his mother and abusive stepfather. Almost accidentally he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he drifts through crash pads, doper squats, and malls.

With his best friend, Russ, he gets a crossed-bone tattoo on his arm and takes the name "Bone," inventing and claiming for himself a new identity as a permanent outsider.

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Language
English
Pages
400

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Cover of: Rule of the Bone
Rule of the Bone : A Novel
1996, Random House of Canada, Limited
Cover of: Rule of the Bone
Rule of the Bone
March 1996, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English

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First Sentence

"You'll probably think I'm making a lot of this up just to make me sound better than I really am or smarter or even luckier but I'm not."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
400

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9951148M
ISBN 10
0060927437
ISBN 13
9780060927431
Goodreads
3174222

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You'll probably think I'm making a lot of this up just to make me sound better than I really am or smarter or even luckier but I'm not.
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April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record