The Dubious Salvation Of Jack V.
$30.84
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2012
Summary
Smart, funny, touching and a little dangerous, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. is a powerful coming-of-age story from an original voice.
It’s 1989, and in the dying years of the Apartheid regime, eleven-year-old Jack Viljee considers life to be simple. He has firm views on race (complex), politics (straightforward), poofdas (inoffensive), God (dangerous) and sex (bewildering). The son of an Afrikaans father and an English mother, wedged between a strident older and a favoure…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099555070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099555077 |
| Author: | Jacques Strauss |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Very, very funny… It is an utter delight, astute and knowing. Wonderful writing
Very, very funny… It is an utter delight, astute and knowing. Wonderful writing – Sarah Winman, author of WHEN GOD WAS A RABBITStrauss writes with poise and comic timing. His prose is formal and correct; he establishes a tone of laconic regret yet sustains a striking lightness of touch particularly in passages of dialogue…It is, above all, rich in symbols and subtexts – Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *Smart, charming, funny, highly astute and subtly political. A really terrific read * Douglas Coupland *
About The Author
Jacques Strauss
Jacques Strauss was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. His first book, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V, won the Commonwealth Book Prize, Africa. He lives in London with his partner and works as a freelance writer.
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