Tin ToysNovel dealing with issues of change, identity and loss. Hunter Carlyon has had several identities - first as a black baby, then as a white boy, black youth, white man and black man. The woman he loves has disappeared in a war-zone and he is haunted by her voice on his mobile phone. Author's previous novel is 'Silences Long Gone'. |
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Page 104
... shouting about what this baby's eviction from her five - baby - fantasy future means . A lot of shouting about incidental shit that even worked its way down to a dirty bathroom . ' We drift . ' Anyway , she's flying up to Bougainville ...
... shouting about what this baby's eviction from her five - baby - fantasy future means . A lot of shouting about incidental shit that even worked its way down to a dirty bathroom . ' We drift . ' Anyway , she's flying up to Bougainville ...
Page 257
... shouting . We turn toward the noise . Doreen backs into Bosun's with her arms outstretched , trying to stop two wharfies from getting around her in here to us . Mop - haired men with their big drunk faces opening back wide and furious ...
... shouting . We turn toward the noise . Doreen backs into Bosun's with her arms outstretched , trying to stop two wharfies from getting around her in here to us . Mop - haired men with their big drunk faces opening back wide and furious ...
Page 386
... shouting , his voice bub- bling wet like with death - rattle . Is shouting , ' Leave me alone . Leave me alone . Stay there . Chrissakes stay there . He is shout- ing at me . The man taught to live five seconds ahead of us all in order ...
... shouting , his voice bub- bling wet like with death - rattle . Is shouting , ' Leave me alone . Leave me alone . Stay there . Chrissakes stay there . He is shout- ing at me . The man taught to live five seconds ahead of us all in order ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Chapter two Boiled Pink 29 2882 | 29 |
Chapter three Salient Loony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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