Twelve
By Nick McDonell
(Grove/Atlantic, Paperback, 9780802140128, 256pp.)
Publication Date: June 2003
Categories: Literary
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Description
Sold to 14 publishers around the world and receiving tremendous critical acclaim, "Twelve" was one of the most significant literary debuts of the year. A chilling novel of urban adolescence that is "both an indictment of excess and a cry of teenage loneliness" ("People("), it has appeared on multiple bestseller lists.











