Choke Chain
$35.60
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2018
Summary
‘There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children’ - Nelson Mandela
‘An exceptional debut’ - Independent
Alex is twelve, and he lives with his younger brother and his parents in a dirt-poor white neighbourhood in 1980s South Africa. He and Kevin are trying to grow up, while their mother, Grace, is simply trying to keep them safe. Apart from the usual lessons of childhood, the boys are finding out about deceit, petty crime and c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099527060 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099527065 |
| Author: | Jason Donald |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“Reads like a dream, races along and open-heartedly reveals one corrupt road by which boys should not become men.” –Janice Galloway
Reads like a dream, races along and open-heartedly reveals one corrupt road by which boys should not become men. – Janice Galloway
Choke Chain completely and triumphantly defines its own territory - the novel’s restraint concealing its building power and its huge compassion. – Alan Warner
His writing is clear and ungilded as he captures the experience of growing up under big African skies, and shows us Alex’s world in all its freshness and promise… This is an exceptional debut * Independent *
An uncompromising piece about the lives of impoverished white South Africans, written in a style which owed something to Raymond Carver’s laconic, chiselled sentences * Scotsman *
About The Author
Jason Donald
Jason Donald was born in Scotland and grew up in South Africa. He studied English Literature and Philosophy at St Andrews University and, in 2005, graduated from Glasgow University’s Creative Writing Masters Degree programme with distinction. His first novel, Choke Chain, was published by Cape in 2009.
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