A shocking true-crime story of America's jock culture and the hidden world of unrestrained adolescent sexuality in one seemingly idyllic suburban town.

In March 1989 a group of teenage boys lured a retarded girl into a basement in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and gang-raped her. Glen Ridge was the kind of peaceful, affluent suburb many Americans dream about. The rapists were its most popular high school athletes. And although rumors of the crime quickly spread through the town, weeks passed before anyone saw fit to report it to the police. What made these boys capable of brutalizing a girl that some of them had known since childhood? Why did so many of their elders deny the rape and rally around its perpetrators? To solve this riddle, the Edgar award-winning author Bernard Lefkowitz conducted years of research and more than two hundred interviews.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Los Angeles Times Prize Finalist
An Edgar Award Finalist

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/28/1998
ISBN: 9780375702693
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.20w x 1.05d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner

Review Citations: New York Times 07/05/1998 pg. 20