Twelve (novel)
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| Author | Nick McDonell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Released | July 2002 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 p. |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8021-1717-1 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-8021-4012-2 (paperback edition) |
Twelve is a novel by Nick McDonell about drug addiction, violence and sex among mainly wealthy Manhattan teenagers. The protagonist is known as "White Mike". The novel is written in the third person perspective. Like many books about the contemporary teenager Twelve's central theme is primarily concerned with boredom and anxiety, intersperced with tense scenes of frantic, as well as slow-motion pacing. The novel is heavily cinematic; however, this is achieved with a skeletal use of phrase or description. (This is something like a trademark in the book, where a chapter may consist of 25 words or several hundred) The scenes are often only briefly described, with much created in the readers mind. Apart from "White Mike" we are introduced, in various ways, to the inhabitants of the novel; all of whom seem to hail from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. There are few periferal characters, and virtually no parental intrusion into the plot.
After the title page is the inscription - "Dedicated to my father." The next page reads - "Can we please all stand and have a moment of silence for those students who died. And can we now have a moment of silence for those students who killed them."
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