Speaking to each in turn, Leonard slowly reveals his secrets as the hours tick by and the moment of truth approaches.In this riveting book, acclaimed author Matthew Quick unflinchingly examines the impossible choices that must be made-and the light in us all that never goes out. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather's P-38 pistol.But first he must say good-bye to the four people who matter most to him: his Humphrey Bogart-obsessed next-door neighbor, Walt his classmate Baback, a violin virtuoso Lauren, the Christian homeschooler he has a crush on and Herr Silverman, who teaches the high school's class on the Holocaust. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacockis a monumental book about a boy (Leonard Peacock) who is contemplating suicide, and it takes the reader through a journey to show how Leonard came to the decision to commit suicide and how he says goodbye to friends. To let them know I really cared about them and I'm sorry I couldn't be more than I was-that I couldn't stick around-and that what's going to happen today isn't their fault.Today is Leonard Peacock's birthday. I want to give them each something to remember me by. In addition to the P-38, there are four gifts, one for each of my friends. We all know how much Americans love guns, as Matthew Quick is all-too-painfully aware in his novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, a dark yet sombre tale of a.
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