North Facing - Softcover

Peake, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995590028 ISBN 13: 9780995590021

Verlag: Myriad Editions, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A novel of awakening and atonement written by Tony Peake, this exquisitely realised story revisits a seminal boyhood moment as it plays out — with unexpected and sinister consequences — against the backdrop of political upheaval in South Africa.For one long, intense week in October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought with it an East-West stand-off and the possibility of nuclear holocaust. On the other side of the globe, in Pretoria, a group of schoolboys scan the horizon for signs that the world is about to end.There is political tension here too, and the power struggles and cruelties of the boys mirror the corruption of a deeply divided country. Paul Harvey – sensitive, isolated, and desperate to fit in at school despite his English heritage – will do whatever is needed to please the class ringleader, Andre du Toit.Now in his sixties and living abroad, Paul is drawn back to South Africa to confront the unexpected and chilling consequences of this seminal boyhood moment – and the part he unwittingly played in the drama that unfolded.

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Tony Peake was born in South Africa but has lived most of his life in London. His short stories have appeared in many anthologies including The Penguin Book of Contemporary South African Short Stories, The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories and Best British Short Stories 2016. He is the author of two novels, A Summer Tide (1993) and Son to the Father (1995), as well as the biography of Derek Jarman (1999).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Myriad Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0995590028
• ISBN 13: 9780995590021
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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