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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... Barfus by his shirt which became just rags without ever getting Les's arse off the brown vinyl seat and Les Barfus let out a ' Can't ' that was considerably less calm than his first two . My father reached in again and took hold of Les ...
... Barfus by his shirt which became just rags without ever getting Les's arse off the brown vinyl seat and Les Barfus let out a ' Can't ' that was considerably less calm than his first two . My father reached in again and took hold of Les ...
Page 13
... Barfus here off that bridge because of his aborigi- nality ? Is this a race crime here ? ' ' I was two - thirds across when he gunned up onto it , is how he happened to end up where he ended up , ' my father says . ' It's a two - thirds ...
... Barfus here off that bridge because of his aborigi- nality ? Is this a race crime here ? ' ' I was two - thirds across when he gunned up onto it , is how he happened to end up where he ended up , ' my father says . ' It's a two - thirds ...
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... Barfus to be part of the revenge that would be . Les Barfus , all these years later , is still saying not . The boy is drunk for the job . Knocks on three wrong cara- van doors and points his single - shot .22 Ruger at three different ...
... Barfus to be part of the revenge that would be . Les Barfus , all these years later , is still saying not . The boy is drunk for the job . Knocks on three wrong cara- van doors and points his single - shot .22 Ruger at three different ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Chapter two Boiled Pink 29 2882 | 29 |
Chapter three Salient Loony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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