Friday, August 5, 2011

Testimony by Anita Shreve

In a private Vermont prep school three boys and a girl are videotaped having consensual sex. Of course the tape finds its way onto the Internet and eventually into the hands of the headmaster. The girl is only fourteen years old so the police regard the act as statuary rape. The fallout from this incident harms the school, the community, and the lives of those involved; its repercussions are enormous. The story is told in short chapters that switch the narrative point of view from character to character, and because there are so many characters, this causes some confusion. Aside from that Testimony is a good read.

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