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by Sonya Hartnett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd (7 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844286568
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844286560
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 416,245 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Hartnett exemplifies the quality and complexity of contemporary children's books. She is superb." The Guardian "What an original and intriguing writer Sonya Hartnett is... [The reader is] uplifted by the beauty and simplicity of the language, the sharpness of the observation and the depth of feeling untrammelled by sentiment." The Observer"


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Gabriel is dying from an undisclosed illness. He relives his brief 20 years, remembering his parents' over-protectiveness, his wild friend Finnigan who encouraged him to do terrible things, and his dear dog Surrender. Told from the perspectives of Gabriel and Finnigan, the voices are eerily alike in tone. It slowly emerges that Gabriel is not at home as he thinks, but in a hospital - and chained to his bed. The story reaches its climax as he recalls the terrible humiliation of being dragged home from a party by his mother in front of all his peers, leading to the shocking revelation that he killed his own parents. It is never made clear in this brilliant, chilling novel whether Gabriel's memories are real or simply in his mind.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the Wild Side, 6 Jul 2005
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Utterly unpatronising, dense and fiery language, parents who make the Wicked Witch of the West look like Mary Poppins, feral boy and feral dog, legend and fantasy, dream and nightmare, and are we dealing with terminal illness or a cocktail of schizophrenias? One of those truly searching 'cross-overs' of adult and children's fiction. On one level a rite of passage, on another a playing out of adolescent rage, revenge and fear in a world more or less closed to adults. Ranks with - and this is meant to be the highest praise - Robert Cormier at his very best.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely striking writing, 25 May 2006
By William Burn "gingerburn" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a very dark book, and not one that fits easily into the genre of children's, or at least young people's writing. The story of two boys, bound by blood into the eternal tussle of good and evil, which reduces a town to ashes and forces the reader to rationalise murder, is not easily digested. Nor is the structure of the narrative by any means simplistic: Hartnett carefully controls what is revealed to the reader with the skill of a true thriller writer.

That said, what sets this book apart from many others in its bracket it not the story, but the writing. Hartnett's unashamed exploitation of the fullest range of English's potential for rich and poetic meaning is consistently challenging and always hugely rewarding. The atmosphere of the book is unrelentingly close, even to the point of causing beads of sweat to break out in sympathy with the inhabitants of the awful, sweltering dustbowl of Mulyan, the town in which the novel is set.

This novel is by no means a lightweight read for the beach, but for older teenagers and adults alike it offers a prose experience in a class of its own.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing , read after read, 29 Jun 2009
By A. MAHMOOD "NATIVE DEEN" (LONDON) - See all my reviews
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I first read this book from a library. now I have a strange way of reading , sort of the same way I eat my food....If I like a book I will read it slowly, beause I just dont want it to end. Now this happens VERY VERY rarly.
but this is the sort of book you dont want to put down, but have to in order to let the feeling stay. a little on corny side #i know, but its th etruth. I decided to have my copy so I purchased, I even highlighed 4 quotes from the book i love 'MERCHENT OF DETRESS' was one of my favourite lines. The author does start out slowy, but 10 pages in I was hooked.Thats what I love about this book, so many good messeges despite the haunting finish.
if you keep at something long enough, the end result is always worthwile, in this case; only 10 pages of uninterest; but after this you will be hooked .
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like most, I wasnt actually aware it was a hcildrens book, it was in my college library so thats why I didnt know!
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