I'm the King of the Castle

I'm the King of the Castle

1999 • 64 pages

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*Tells the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood, cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of out own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.*


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This is a very dark tale of two 11 year old boys, one being bullied by the other, and the fatal consequences of said bullying.

A well crafted tale, but sadly the kindle version was ruined for me with it's numerous typos.

December 7, 2013

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