Twelve

First published in 2002, Nick McDonell's Twelve was an international literary sensation, establishing its seventeen-year-old author as one of the new and important voices of his  generation. The astonishing debut novel went on to sell over 500 000 copies worldwide and was published in over twenty-four countries. Twelve is the story of seventeen-year-old White Mike, The privileged son of a restaurant tycoon whose mother has succumbed to breast cancer several years earlier. White...
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First published in 2002, Nick McDonell's Twelve was an international literary sensation, establishing its seventeen-year-old author as one of the new and important voices of his  generation. The astonishing debut novel went on to sell over 500 000 copies worldwide and was published in over twenty-four countries. Twelve is the story of seventeen-year-old White Mike, The privileged son of a restaurant tycoon whose mother has succumbed to breast cancer several years earlier. White Mike is a drug dealer who has taken his senior year in high school off to sell drugs to his wealthy peers. When he isn't selling drugs, he reminisces about his childhood and philosophises about a world he feels utterly disconnected from. Set in Manhattan between Christmas and New Year's Eve, The novel spans the housing projects of Harlem To The penthouses of Park Avenue. White Mike's story is confronting and powerful, its finale shocking and unforgettable.  Twelve captured the soul of a generation and has now been made into a major motion picture.