Books
by David Almond
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The Fire Eaters |
The unthinkable has become thinkable. Russia and the USA square up to each other over Cuba; the world holds its breath. This is the background as Bobby Burns faces the challenge of grammar school and his father's illness. On the beach the war damaged NcNulty breathes fire. Taut, spare - Almond's prose captures the Northumbrian coast and community in which Bobby lives and these tense two months. No great action just a great read.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 24 June 2004) |
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