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 88
... thing at clearing sales all over the state . Trawls the Trading Post for them . Has towed to the Outstation every ... things were people's ... lives . ' He can't even begin to tell you what these machines meant to men who are dead . He's ...
... thing at clearing sales all over the state . Trawls the Trading Post for them . Has towed to the Outstation every ... things were people's ... lives . ' He can't even begin to tell you what these machines meant to men who are dead . He's ...
Page 315
... thing men thought they would need forever . ' So are you coming to the presentation ceremony ? ' I ask . The flag ' ' Hunt , I'm trying . I'd love to . 315 Chapter eighteen Naming Things.
... thing men thought they would need forever . ' So are you coming to the presentation ceremony ? ' I ask . The flag ' ' Hunt , I'm trying . I'd love to . 315 Chapter eighteen Naming Things.
Page 346
... thing , you know , with good humour . But now they're call- ing this sunspot thing some kind of contempt . ' Well look , Dad , it's just a pissant little part of a big parade and I'm only a one - in - five chance of winning , so it's no ...
... thing , you know , with good humour . But now they're call- ing this sunspot thing some kind of contempt . ' Well look , Dad , it's just a pissant little part of a big parade and I'm only a one - in - five chance of winning , so it's no ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Chapter two Boiled Pink 29 2882 | 29 |
Chapter three Salient Loony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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