# Sleepers

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- Book: [Sleepers](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra/sleepers) ([Sleepers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra/sleepers.md))
- Authors: [Lorenzo Carcaterra](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra)
- Publisher: arrow
- ISBN: 978-00-9962-871-2
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1996-04-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An unforgettable true story of friendship, loyalty, violence and revenge, set against the unmistakable backdrop of New York City. Now a major film starring Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Robert de Niro and Kevin Bacon. Four boys - lifelong friends who shared everything - in the confines of New York City's Hell's Kitchen, content with playing as many pranks as they can without getting caught. Until one disastrous afternoon. When a harmless scheme goes terribly wrong, the boys are left facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys, and the beatings and abuse they find there will change their lives forever. In the years that follow, one will become a lawyer, one a reporter, and two will grow to become hitmen for-hire. But for all of them, the legacy of Wilkinson - the pain, fear and anger - still rages on within. Only revenge will erase it. One final, audacious stand against a corrupt system. If they are caught this time, the only thing to lose is their lives.