Author: | Alan Duff | ISBN: | 9781775530497 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand | Publication: | October 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks | Language: | English |
Author: | Alan Duff |
ISBN: | 9781775530497 |
Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand |
Publication: | October 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks |
Language: | English |
**The second gripping, powerful novel by the author of *Once Were Warriors.***Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies . . .Reviewers found it compulsive and unforgettable, one saying: 'Brutal, foul-mouthed, violent, despairing and real . . . it can't be ignored'.In this novel Alan Duff confirms his skills as a gripping story-teller and a masterful creator of characters and situations. As one reviewer noted, it is 'original and important'.
**The second gripping, powerful novel by the author of *Once Were Warriors.***Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies . . .Reviewers found it compulsive and unforgettable, one saying: 'Brutal, foul-mouthed, violent, despairing and real . . . it can't be ignored'.In this novel Alan Duff confirms his skills as a gripping story-teller and a masterful creator of characters and situations. As one reviewer noted, it is 'original and important'.