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One boy becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction. Brianedit the summer i was 8 years old, 5 hours disappeared from my life. As an added bonus, certain portions of the film have been added to the reading, to demonstrate just how faithfully the. Excerpt of scott heims novel mysterious skin 1995 as read by brady corbet, who played brian in gregg arakis 2004 film adaptation.
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