Author: | Patricia Cornelius | ISBN: | 9781760620813 |
Publisher: | Currency Press | Publication: | January 18, 2017 |
Imprint: | Currency Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Patricia Cornelius |
ISBN: | 9781760620813 |
Publisher: | Currency Press |
Publication: | January 18, 2017 |
Imprint: | Currency Press |
Language: | English |
Funny, disturbing and bittersweet, The Call is an enthralling drama about a young man looking to escape a suburban life.Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying twenty thousand eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she’s facing the chop.Gary has had a confined life too—most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it’s become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs.But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him—give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure...
Funny, disturbing and bittersweet, The Call is an enthralling drama about a young man looking to escape a suburban life.Gary stares into the eyes of a chook. After laying twenty thousand eggs and spending an entire life inside a tiny cage, she’s facing the chop.Gary has had a confined life too—most of it spent looking for girls, stealing cars and wagging school. Now it’s become a succession of dull, dirty and dangerous jobs.But Gary yearns for something that can make sense of life for him—give it meaning. He hears the call. One that roars inside him. A call of the wild, a call to arms, a call to prayer, a call of adventure...