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`does what a good debut novel should: whet the reader's appetite for the next book'.
--Scotland on Sunday
'direct, spare and evocative' --The Scotsman
--Scotland on Sunday
'direct, spare and evocative' --The Scotsman
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`This is a stupendously good and beautifully written first novel'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gritty, Powerful and Sensitively Done,
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This review is from: Choke Chain (Paperback)
This is a powerful read, sensitively written. The author transports you into his world, and makes you care for the characters more than you can know. Ultimately the book is a coming of age novel, but it is also more than this. It is a snapshot of life in late 1980s South Africa. It is a book about morality, and might makes right, and exclusion and racism and so much more.There is plenty of metaphor in here. Observations about a vicious dog - it is not its fault, someone made it that way - reflect right back on the central characters for instance. The pot bellied black child that is ignored by a mother of two boys again leaves so much unsaid, and yet gets its message powerfully across. The imagery in the book is wonderful. Without wasting words, the author transports you into another country so completely that you end up thinking you could have grown up there! The beautiful mountain scenery, the aquamarine Indian ocean, the grimy poor suburb the family live in - it is all well drawn. So too are the characters. This book is a very good, gritty read but with an ultimate message of hope. Highly recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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a great read,
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This review is from: Choke Chain (Paperback)
well written, thought provoking book set in South Africa in the eighties, very evocative of the period. A master class in the portrayal of a young boy's coming of age under the influence of a racist, bullying and manipulative father. This is a great book and deserves a much wider audience.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Crackin' read / great gift,
This review is from: Choke Chain (Paperback)
A quick and rewarding read that will make you make more sofa-time. This book got me back into reading. Without rose-tinting it, this book throws you back into a how it felt to be a kid. The unpretentious language transports you to another place and hauls you through the story. It leaves you with insightful moments that totally stick in your head. A couple of Scottish schools have just started using it! Definitely recommend this to anyone who can read.
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