The Burning Boy

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Burning Boy by Maurice Gee, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Maurice Gee ISBN: 9781742539553
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: June 6, 2016
Imprint: NZ ePenguin Language: English
Author: Maurice Gee
ISBN: 9781742539553
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: June 6, 2016
Imprint: NZ ePenguin
Language: English

The Burning Boy is a vivid picture of life in a provincial town in times of disturbance and change. Certainties collapse in the face of violence. People start along strange ways, some to loss or ruin, others to unexpected happiness. The Burning Boy won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1991. 'Written with verve and economy, Maurice Gee's novel has a wealth of penetratingly observed incidents, some spectacular and dramatic, some distinctly unpleasant. Most, however, are ordinary, everyday events from which Gee builds an engaging narrative and a detailed picture of the life of the city - a city which, under different names in successive novels, he is steadily making into his equivalent of Hardy's Wessex.' - Times Literary Supplement

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Burning Boy is a vivid picture of life in a provincial town in times of disturbance and change. Certainties collapse in the face of violence. People start along strange ways, some to loss or ruin, others to unexpected happiness. The Burning Boy won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1991. 'Written with verve and economy, Maurice Gee's novel has a wealth of penetratingly observed incidents, some spectacular and dramatic, some distinctly unpleasant. Most, however, are ordinary, everyday events from which Gee builds an engaging narrative and a detailed picture of the life of the city - a city which, under different names in successive novels, he is steadily making into his equivalent of Hardy's Wessex.' - Times Literary Supplement

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Sporty Kids: Cricket! by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Silly Cecil and Clever Cubs (Pocket Money Puffin) by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Let's re-Great Britain by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book From the Heart by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Wisdom Man by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Merry Wives of Windsor by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Histories by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai, Book 7) by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Penguin Knitting Book by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Pounamu Pounamu (Anniv Ed) by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Harry Styles by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Cossacks and Other Stories by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book Beatrix Potter's Journal by Maurice Gee
Cover of the book The Life and Passion of William of Norwich by Maurice Gee
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy