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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Cuckoo Boy (2010)di Grant Gillespie
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With charming simplicity, this debut novel charts the quiet destruction a middle-class childhood might sometimes, unexpectedly, wreak. Gillespie's unusual voice and observations of the world give his story about a lost boy and his often horrific behaviour, a strange, hypnotically light touch. James' actions, his very thoughts, are guaranteed to chill and haunt the reader long after the novel ends. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-VotoMedia:
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Enterprising new publisher To Hell With . . . states its intent with Gillespie's emotionally visceral debut. James, the Cuckoo Boy of the title, is adopted by a childless, uptight suburban couple, Sandra and Kenneth. From the start the baby does not respond, preferring instead to zone out in sleep. Gradually, as he develops and chooses in his own time to walk and talk, he blocks his parents out by referring constantly to an invisible friend, David. Treated at first with amused tolerance, David proves to be a mendacious doppelganger. The appearance of a real-life David, by contrast gentle and amiable, creates a diabolical conflict for James, as does the unexpected arrival of a sister. The spectre of Lionel Shriver's Kevin is omnipresent, particularly in the black comedy and ambiguous aspects of the tale. Yet this is a confident, impressive work in its own right.