Synopsis
It is May 1988 in Toronto. The school year is coming to a close. The Victoria
Day long weekend heralds the beginning of summer. In Boston, Wayne
Gretzky's dynastic Edmonton Oilers are playing in the Stanley Cup Finals. Best
of all, Bob Dylan is coming to town.
Ben Spektor, 16, attends the concert with his two closest friends, Sammy and
Noah. Though the year is 1988, they exist as if in a time warp, idolizing the
music and culture of the 1960s. Outside the concert, Ben sees what looks like a
routine exchange: two teenagers buying drugs. In a way he could never have
predicted, the consequences of this drug deal will alter the course of his
summer and, quite possibly, the rest of his life. This one event, barely significant
at the time, initiates Ben into love, as well as death, and forces him to confront
his conscience, his friends, and his family. Over the span of one week,
seemingly disparate forces converge on him -- the search for a missing boy, his