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In the tradition of THE CEMENT GARDEN and THE WASP FACTORY, this is a compelling and shocking journey into the dark heart of boyhood, as four boys play war games deep in the English countryside.
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Contemporary, grave, bleak and intimate.
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- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Toby Litt
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton, Penguin, Penguin Group UK
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241140703
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