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The Night of the Moonbow | Tryon, Thomas

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From Library Journal Although the publishers apparently intend to aim this novel at the horror market, the only horror it contains is people's inhumanity to one another--or in this case, boys' inhumanity to the oddball. Leo Joaquim, living at an orphanage, is given the miracle of a summer at Camp Friend Indeed. From the first, though, he doesn't fit in. Clumsy at sports, preferring to play the violin and collect nature specimens, he soon becomes the object of the other campers scorn; and gradually the healthy competitiveness encouraged by Friend Indeed degenerates into an endurance test between Leo and Reece Hartzig, the camp's spoiled golden-boy counselor. Leo's mind holds a tragic secret, and as the campers' pranks become more vicious and sadistic, his memories threaten to erupt in uncontrollable violence. - A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington, Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The Night of the Moonbow | Thomas Tryon

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Thomas Tryon does not disappoint. The plot follows a new arrival (orphan, smart, plays violin) at a charity summer camp for boys in the late 1930s, just as the political and social terrors of the outside world are filtering into the youth. I love how Tryon toys with the reader…is this a Bildungsroman story of perseverance and courage or a horror allegory or something more? A thought-provoking tale and great companion piece to “Lord of the Flies.”

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The Night of the Moonbow | Tryon, Thomas

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Tryon was a successful actor who walked away to write books. His first one, The Other, was a best seller and made into a movie. He then wrote, Harvest Home, which is one of my favorite horror stories. This one has a bit of a ‘Lord of the Flies‘ feel about a Jewish orphan at a boy‘s summer camp around the beginning of WWII. I am anxious to read another Tryon and see if he can go 4 out of 4 (bet he can!)

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