Boy’s Life (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert R. McCammon
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: Primarily 1964, with a flashforward to 1991 at the novel’s end
- Setting: Zephyr, Alabama
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: African Americans, 1960’s, Murder or homicide, Mysteries, Alabama, 1990’s, Boys
- Locales: Alabama
The Plot
Boy’s Life is unlike Robert R. McCammon’s other novels and is a marked departure from his usual style, focused more on horror. The plot of Boy’s Life is more a series of incidents weaved into a tapestry of the variety of lifestyles in Zephyr, Alabama, and the Bruton section of town, where African Americans reside, during the mid-1960’s.
In part 1, “The Shades of Spring,” the story opens on a cold spring morning as Cory Mackenson accompanies his father on his milk delivery route. Father and son see a car plunge into a lake the locals say...
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