![]() ![]() As written and performed by Lecesne, he’s a brash version of the hard-boiled detectives in genre fiction. The scribe constructs his character study from the thoughtful recollections of Leonard’s neighbors, the half-dozen or so who share them with Chuck DeSantis, the local detective investigating the case. ![]() The premise of the piece is that no one in this Jersey Shore town properly appreciated this unabashedly out-there youth - who wore makeup and constructed a wild pair of platform sneakers by gluing a half-dozen colorful flip-flops together - until he was no longer around. His 2008 novel, “Absolute Brightness,” on which this show is based, produced Leonard Pelkey, a 14-year-old boy who has gone missing and will eventually turn up dead - murdered. ![]()
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