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Overview

"Undeniably powerful, an enormously affecting and intensely human story."
--The Washington Post Book World
"A GUT-WRENCHING PIECE OF WORK. . . Carcaterra's graphic narrative grips like gunfire in a dark alley."
--The Atlanta Journal & Constitution
"In his controversial memoir SLEEPERS, Carcaterra remembers harrowing months in the Wilkinson Home for Boys and the elaborate vengeance he and his friends exacted against the guards. He tells it all in spare, stylish prose . . . [with] relentless momentum and sheer drama. . . . SLEEPERS is a thriller, to be sure, but it is equally a wistful hymn to another age."
--The Washington Post Book World
"A TERRIFYING ACCOUNT OF BRUTALITY AND RETRIBUTION, searing in its emotional truth, peopled with murderers, sadists, and thugs, but biblical in its passion and scope."
--People
"SLEEPERS is so many things: a Dickensian portrait of coming of age in Hell's Kitchen, a terrifying and heartbreaking account of the brutalization of youth, a shocking--and disturbingly satisfying--climax worthy of the finest suspense novel. A brilliant, troubling, important book."
--Jonathan Kellerman
"COMPELLING."
--USA Today

Based on the author's own experience, Sleepers is a relentlessly gripping, shockingly irresistible chronicle of four boys' lives on the gritty streets of Hell's Kitchen and in the hellish halls of a reformatory--where two of them would be turned to lives of crime and driven to violent revenge. Movie rights sold to Propaganda Films.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
Carcaterra's controversial memoir of growing up in NYC's Hell's Kitchen and as an inmate at a sadistic detention center was a PW bestseller for eight weeks. (Apr.)
Brad Hooper
A book with a punch equal to its publicity hype! Journalist Carcaterra tells with gripping force of his days growing up in the tough New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in the 1960s (the names have been changed to protect the innocent "and" the guilty). He and his three closest buddies engaged in petty crime until the day their tricks got out of hand and escalated into a major offense, for which they were sent to a juvenile home in upstate New York. They were tormented during their months there, not by other young inmates but by their adult guards, who brutalized them relentlessly in a program of horror and torture that included rape. Once out, once grown up, one of the boys became a lawyer, and through a bizarre twist of events worthy of being turned into a movie (in fact, the movie rights have been sold, with Barry Levinson lined up as director), he, Carcaterra, and the other two friends expose the horrible wrongs they suffered in that detention home. Both difficult to read and difficult to put down, this book will garner lots of attention, and as a result, readership demand will be high.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780345404114
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 3/28/1996
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: REPRINT
  • Pages: 370
  • Sales rank: 191,248
  • Product dimensions: 4.66 (w) x 6.94 (h) x 1.03 (d)

Meet the Author

Lorenzo Carcaterra is the author of A Safe Place: The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murder.  He is married and has two children.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 29, 2012

    Excellent

    This was an excellent read

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 8, 2012

    GREAT read........Loved it!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 30, 2011

    MESMERIZING

    I cannot get this book out of my head. It has touched me to my core. As a mother it has shaken the trust you put in others who have authority. These were just innocent little boys making the best of a life they were dealt... then all of a sudden they had their innocence brutally stolen and were forced into understanding the cruelties of the human being long before their times. There really isn't a word to describe how this book affected me. Absolutely awestruck.

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  • Posted May 8, 2011

    Sleepers

    Could not put the book down . The auther draws you into the heart of the books

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  • Posted April 25, 2011

    Amazing!!!!

    I watched the movie before I knew there was a book, and the movie was so good I searched for the book. Sleepers was both a great movie and book. Fact or Fiction Sleepers is the realization of how the innocence of children is taken way everyday, sad and true fact.

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  • Posted April 12, 2011

    stayed wide-awake for this one

    Just watched the movie! Now I can't wait to read the book! Usually I fall asleep the first part of a movie but did'nt on this one! I hope the book is as good as the movie!

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  • Posted March 4, 2011

    great book

    omg. watch the movie its also great

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  • Posted February 18, 2011

    Hard to put down

    This is a memoir written like a thriller. It has everything: crime, love, lost hope, sacrifice, and redemption. I couldn't put it down, and am now anxious to see the movie.

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  • Posted February 18, 2011

    Great Read,with One Caveat........

    The book is powerful, fascinating and disturbing. Very hard to put down. Recommended, with one word of warning:

    Don't take this as a pristine work of non-fiction. After reading it for a while, I had the nagging feeling that, at the least, some "creative" license was taken with events that the author claims to have occurred. The events in the book just didn't strike me as realistic enough to be blindly trusted as documentary. I did research, and eventually found that numerous facts in the book never happened, or happened very differently. For instance, there is no record, anywhere, of any murder which resembled the killing of Sean Nokes, nor is there any record of the trial described in the book. So, if it did happen, the records have been well hidden away somewhere.

    So my advice to readers is, read the book, b/c it will hold your interest, but don't fully trust the author's assertion that it is true. Too many questions have been raised about it. Enjoy it as a possible work of "partial" fiction.

    Recommended with the aforementioned reservation.

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  • Posted February 17, 2011

    Astonishing!

    Absolutely will blow your mind. Astonishing true story. Unbelievable.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 30, 2010

    I Also Recommend:

    9780385340588 9781569476000 9780446616454 9780440243830

    Could not put it down!

    Well-written, painfully honest, Carcaterra's story grabs the reader and never lets go. This is a tale filled with tragedy, pathos, horror and love. Leaves the reader wondering how the author not only survived but overcame the brutal experiences of his youth, and did so without bitterness and hatred. Deserves a wide reading and a place on high school curricula.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 10, 2008

    Profound and Life Changing,

    I can honestly and surely say that SLEEPERS is the most powerful story of all time and what makes it even more powerful is the fact that it is TRUE.I feel so grateful with Mr.Carcaterra for sharing such a private part of his life to make a difference in the lives of those who discover this wonderful memoir.SLEEPERS has changed my way of thinking about life and it has also motivated me to be a better person and fight against injustice.Thank You Mr.Carcaterra and PLEASE keep making us live with each and every one of your beautiful writings.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2008

    AWESOME

    I absolutely loved this book. It was amazing, but so sad to know that stuff like that happens. Even more sad that the kids are too scared and ashamed to say anything. Unrelated but still worth mentioning..... Some people have been saying that this story isnt true, even thought it is listed as true crime because there is no evidence that anything like that occured in the places where he said it, and there is no record of that in those places.... well for those who obviously didnt know, he tells you that he changed people's names and the places to protect the people in his book. Just trying to explain.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 29, 2006

    Excellent Story of Revenge and Freindship

    A story that is hard to put down, heartbreaking but an excellent story to read. It leaves you thinking at the end. By far one of the top best books in the world in my opinion.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 29, 2005

    This a definite must read book!

    This book is about four best friends who only have each other. The story takes place in the dangerous streets of Hell's Kitchen, New York. They love and protect each other just like if they were real brothers. They love playing pranks on the citizens of the city; until one day one of their pranks goes totally wrong. They get sentenced to serve time in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. What they experience there will change their lives forever. One of them grows up to become a lawyer, another a journalist, and two become killers. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a great book. I can honestly say that this has been one of the best books I've ever read. This book has everything from humor to suspense. Lorenzo does a great job in describing and gives you exact details in every scene. He makes you go through, feel what they went through. There was many times when the book made me angry and made me burst out in tears; it's just so sad and heartbreaking. They were just children and the system didn't protect them. I thank Lorenzo for sharing such a personal and horrible story. He truly is a brave person and a great writer. I love this book and think that everyone should read it; trust me once you read it you will never forget it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 22, 2004

    Thriller of a book

    I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a truly excellent thriller. Being a voracious reader of mysteries, I honestly opine this book has got to be, if not the best book, then certainly the second best book I've read in a long time. It's one heck of a read. Couldn't put the book down from page one on. The plot is intense and some of the characters become people you don't want to say goodbye to when the novel ends. Carcaterra has the 'writers gift' and he takes you on a long thrilling ride. So far, I haven't been disappointed in any books of his. I have two more to go and will have read all his novels. He's belongs in the Hall of Mystery Writers if there is one, and if there isn't then it's time for one. I've been disappointed in many N.Y. Times best selling mystery writers, including mystery writers who's books I've previously enjoyed. So far, this writer should not be missed if a good mystery or suspence is what you crave. There's no match for a good thrilling mystery, especially one where the characters are so alive, and the plots so intriguing. Thank you Mr. Carcaterra for many enjoyable hours.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 24, 2005

    I believe lorenzo

    The book was very heartbreaking, and im sure the only reason people don't believe its true is because he changed the dates,names,and location. so therefore no one can't find a file on the murder.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 24, 2004

    A Wonderful But Sad Story

    The effects of a dysfunctional upbringing, sexual abuse and brutal violence against four children from Hell's Kitchen, at the hands of authority figures created four scarred adults, bent on retribution. The story is sad but enlightening. Unfortunately this story is probably a shared experience of hundreds of America's youths. The story gives hope that through their painful story change will come. The story shows the price paid for lapse of judgment and the painful results of retribution. Bravo to Lorenzo for sharing his difficult story with such honesty and passion.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 24, 2004

    Tough Streets

    'Sleepers' is an intense and gripping true story worth buying the book to read about. The streets of Hell's Kitchen were tough and dangerous in the 60's. The consequences of ill doing, horrific. This book graphically makes this clear. I'm glad I didn't grow up there with its negative influences. I also just finished reading 'The Last Street Fighter' It, too, depicts the thrills, the dangers, and the deadly consequences of street life for juveniles, only the setting here is in California during the 60's and 70's. If you were young and wild and were living life on the streets, it was no picnic growing up in those years whether on the East Coast or the West Coast. These books would make great movies.

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