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| #4157284 in Books | 2013-04-09 | 2013-04-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.2 x5.50l,.60 | File type: PDF | 210 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A change of scenery|By Ms. M.|I have been reading fiction and nonfiction titles every February for BHM that feature racism in the U.S. This setting of South Africa captivated me because other than Nelson Mandela's autobiography, I hadn't read books in this setting, or with characters who spoke in the peculiar dialect of this story. But the racism was equally ugly as American ra|From Publishers Weekly|Death divides a Cape Town family in Blacklaws's evocative but frustrating debut. The story, set in 1976 but narrated in a terse, foreboding and sometimes baffling present tense, begins with 14-year old Douglas Thomas's father accidentally
Troy Blacklaws's acclaimed debut novel is the remarkable story of a boy coming of age in the wake of tragedy. When his twin brother dies in a freak accident, Douglas's life begins to unravel. His mother leaves his father, taking Douglas with her to live in the Karoo region, a harsh desert landscape that is a far cry from Cape Town and the seaside life Douglas has always known. In this small village that is wary of outsiders, he makes two friends who change his life forev...
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