- Fiction, Race relations, Racism, Fiction, general
"This ambitious, groundbreaking novel takes on the taboo subject of racial hatred as it looks for the roots of violence within the family and within British society. The Whites are an ordinary British family.
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Earnest, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Maggie Gee
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- Saqi Books, Saqi
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780863563805
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