The novel Our Guys, written by Bernard Lefkowitz, is a very dynamic story about the heinous actions of a dozen middle-class athletes, from a small New York suburb, against a defenseless mentally handicapped girl. Lefkowitz describes a brutal gang rape involving a baseball bat and broomhandle, which took place in this unsuspecting town, by these upstanding young group of boys, as the town would describe them. Lefkowitz looks at the incident which took place and then examines the "jock clique" sub-culture that allowed such atrocities to happen, and spawned the scandal to cover it up.
The town of Glenridge is at the surface not any different than any other surburban American town. Like most towns it has its "cliques" and the "jocks" are at the pinnacle of the town. Idolized by the students and a sourse of pride for the entire town, however the Glenridge boys were not like most high school athletes. The "Jock clique" formed at a very early age,and invaded their surroundings......

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Title: Our Guys
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