Once there were five inseparable school friends but one is cold-shouldered by the rest who each declare independently that they never want to see him again. Accepting this shattering rejection stoically he leaves his home town for a new life. Decades later he wonders exactly why he was ostracised and goes in search of answers. It's a melancholic and reflective novel which would have been much shorter if he'd asked them in the first place.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 87 Winter 2018 ) |
