14 words: Living in the Shadow, is James Frey's, Million Little Pieces, meets Vladimir Nabokov's, Lolita 26 words: In, Living in the Shadow, Grove successfully fuses elements of literary realism and memoir in this fictional autobiography about Mark Beatleman a devastatingly confused, reformed pedophile. 89 words: A realistic, confessional novel shuffles between rationalizations and redemption of a pedophile. Not since Vladimir Nabokov wrote his earth-shattering Lolita in 1955 has anyone attempted the topic of pedophilia on this level. After reading, Living in the Shadow: The Skeleton of a Pedophile Found Lurking in the Family Closet, no one will walk away without wondering what lurks in the dark shadows of their own family closet. This book will force you to analyze your perspective on "forgiveness". You will never trust your child to be alone with male ever again.