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The Boy Next Door: A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe
Irene Sabatini
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Description for The Boy Next Door: A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe
Paperback. A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos, by an exciting new African writer. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
*Winner of the Orange Award for New Writers*
'Entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it.' Independent
A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos.
'Two days after I turned fourteen the son of our neighbour set his stepmother alight.'
Or so Lindiwe Bishop believes, though eighteen months later the charges against Ian McKenzie are dropped and he returns home, full of charm and swagger. Intrigued, Lindiwe strikes up a covert friendship with the mysterious white boy next door. As a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340918838
SKU
V9780340918838
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About Irene Sabatini
Irene Sabatini grew up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She studied psychology at the University of Zimbabwe and then took a Masters at the Institute of Education in London. She has lived and worked in several countries: teaching in Colombia, conducting research work in Barbadian schools and writing environmental science books for Zimbabwean primary schools. She currently lives in Geneva with her ... Read more
Reviews for The Boy Next Door: A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe
One of the most engaging novels about inter-racial love to be published this century . . . entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it.
Amanda Craig, Independent
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous ... Read more
Amanda Craig, Independent
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous ... Read more