The God Boy by Ian Cross
Acceptable condition second hand copy for £2.00, sold by meandmybigmouth on ReReadz.
- Author
- Ian Cross
- Price
- £2.00 plus tracked UK delivery from £2.99
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780141187440
- Sold by
- meandmybigmouth
About this copy
This is a 2003 Penguin Classics edition of Ian Cross's 1950s acclaimed New Zealand novel. Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by God until his parents' unhappy marriage finally broke down, with tragic consequences. Now a disturbed thirteen-year-old at a Catholic boarding school, Jimmy rages at God for failing him as he tells of his own violent and obsessive reaction to the turbulent events of two years ago. Through his uncomprehending and often humorous voice of tough indifference, a very adult drama emerges of marital strife, drunkenness, and illicit abortion. Ian Cross vividly evokes life in a provincial New Zealand town in the 1950s in his tale of the crippling of a bright and hopeful young mind.
As you can hopefully tell from the photographs, this copy is not in amazing condition. There's some yellowing of the pages, scuffing to the corners, and price stickers on the back, but it's a reasonable reading copy.