- Paperback: 313 pages
- Publisher: Discovered Authors (27 Nov 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906146462
- ISBN-13: 978-1906146467
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm
Gang Warfare (Gang Books)
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This novel is for all readers from nine to ninety-nine years of age. An orphan, evacuated from the World War II bombing of London, comes to live with his pious aunt in an English village. A bag of sweets is knocked out of his hand in the school playground. This trivial incident leads to a progressive breakdown of relations among the local inhabitants. The newcomer is accused of assault; threatened with an appearance before the School Board and arrested for theft. He acquires a black eye, is blackmailed and cheated of money. The villagers take sides and become increasingly quarrelsome: The only person untouched by this is Dummy, the village idiot. The evacuee is secretly trying to gather sufficient money to help Dummy with a medical problem, but is continually frustrated by the predicaments in which he finds himself. There are disputes over firewood; problems in class; uproar in the air-raid shelter; bickering in church; resignations and revolts, cart races between rival gangs; the theft of some pallets; a hearing before the magistrate and much else besides that is excitingly human or humorous. The tension in the village reaches a climax at a fund-raising fete to buy a Spitfire aircraft. This ends in a riotous fight. An air-raid destroys part of the village. The villagers then discover that by facing up to a grave external menace, they can overcome their internal differences. The funds raised for the Spitfire are, alas, last seen floating gently down the river in the twilight and a barrel. What eventually happens to them is another story. Although this book can be read as a follow-on to the previous Gang Territory, it is intended to stand as a complete story in its own right.
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