Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully

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Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
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Author Allen Kurzweil
Genre Non-fiction, Memoir, Crime, Autobiography
Published2015
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages304
Awards Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2016)
ISBN 978-0-062-26948-5
Website Whipping Boy

Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully ( ISBN   978-0-062-26948-5) is a book written by Allen Kurzweil, which was published by HarperCollins [1] on 20 January 2015 and later won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2016. [2]

The reviewer for The Washington Post wrote: "What becomes of bullies when they grow up? Do they evolve into decent, kind human beings, or does their capacity for malice grow along with their bodies? Allen Kurzweil explores this issue — and much more — in 'Whipping Boy,' a compulsive account of his search for the childhood tormentor who made his life miserable ... a fascinating, multi-pronged morality tale about victimhood, skewed perception and the liberation of facing your demons." [3]

References

  1. ↑ Archipelago, World. "Whipping Boy - Allen Kurzweil - Hardcover". HarperCollins Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Category List – Best Fact Crime | Edgars Database". theedgars.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  3. ↑ McAlpin, Heller (January 15, 2015). "Book review: 'Whipping Boy,' on a 40-year search for a bully, by Allen Kurzweil". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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