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Harrowing coming-of-age amidst desolation and neglect.

If you find yourself drawn to stories that combine the rawness of youth with the grit of survival, "The God of War" is a compelling dive into that realm. It captures the essence of a boy grappling with the weight of the world in a harsh environment, wrestling with family obligations and the enticement of escape through self-destructive means. Ares' journey will resonate with you if you appreciate narratives that expose the underbelly of human resilience in the face of abandonment, both literal and emotional.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The God of War

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ISBN: 9781416563174
Authors: Marisa Silver
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2009-04-14
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.76
(rated by 916 readers)

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The year is 1978. Ares Ramirez, age 12, lives with his mother, Laurel, and his younger brother Malcolm in a trailer at the edge of the Salton Sea, an unintentionally man-made body of water in the middle of the Southern California desert. It is a desolate, forgotten place, whose inhabitants thrive amidst seemingly impossible circumstances.Where birds fly by day across the desert sky, by night government fighter planes and helicopters make training runs using live ammunition, and an anonymous dead body floats in from the sea. These events inspire Ares, on the cusp of his adolescence, to enact elaborate fantasies of mortal combat. His membership in a troubled family marks Ares as a casualty of a different kind of war. Malcolm, age 7, is mentally handicapped, and his mother chooses not to do anything about it.Ares' struggle with the burden of responsibility -- to himself and to others -- draws him into a world of drugs, violence, and sex that he is not prepared for, launching him into a very personal battle for his own identity, one that has a lethal outcome.
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If you find yourself drawn to stories that combine the rawness of youth with the grit of survival, "The God of War" is a compelling dive into that realm. It captures the essence of a boy grappling with the weight of the world in a harsh environment, wrestling with family obligations and the enticement of escape through self-destructive means. Ares' journey will resonate with you if you appreciate narratives that expose the underbelly of human resilience in the face of abandonment, both literal and emotional.

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Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.