The book gives a darkly realistic portrayal of greaser culture in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hinton, the acclaimed author of The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. That Was Then, This Is Now is a 1971 coming-of-age novel by S. Should Bryon turn in someone closer than a brother to him? Worst of all, Mark has turned out to be a completely different person than Bryon had estimated him to be. Drugs show their effect on a child once intelligent and sensitive. An innocent guy gets beaten half to death. The owner of the bar where they hustle pool at is shot. Over the year that passes, they come to see just how rough life treats the poor kids like them. Mark can get away with anything, and Bryon can lie about anything. Both are sixteen-year-old greasers- pool hustlers, hoods. Mark and Bryon are best friends, the closest thing to a brother either of them has ever had. "You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world."
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