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Cormier, Robert

Heroes

136 pp. | Delacorte | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-385-32590-8 $$15.95
(4) YA Returning to his hometown with severe facial wounds received in World War II, Francis plans to kill his childhood hero, Larry LaSalle. The first-person narrative alternates between this slow-paced plot line and a pre-war story describing LaSalle's betrayal of both Francis and his girlfriend, Nicole. Familiar Cormier themes, including the seductiveness of power and the meaning of heroism, are dutifully explored, but without much depth.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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