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 8
... told by the woman , who still hadn't looked at him , ' Course . ' So he asked her , ' Will you back up then ? ' And got told by her the same calm ' Can't ' that he wouldn't stand for from her hus- band when he got told it by him in the ...
... told by the woman , who still hadn't looked at him , ' Course . ' So he asked her , ' Will you back up then ? ' And got told by her the same calm ' Can't ' that he wouldn't stand for from her hus- band when he got told it by him in the ...
Page 9
... told her again and pulled his head out of her car . Then thrust it back in and said , ' You could've bloodywell told me before I . . . did that ? She turned her head and looked at him for the first time and told him , ' Not me . There's ...
... told her again and pulled his head out of her car . Then thrust it back in and said , ' You could've bloodywell told me before I . . . did that ? She turned her head and looked at him for the first time and told him , ' Not me . There's ...
Page 128
... told it despite its transparency and had used absence - of - mother as a tool even though it was obvious that presence - of - mother wouldn't have mattered in a pocket - knife scenario , which is essentially in the father - son realm ...
... told it despite its transparency and had used absence - of - mother as a tool even though it was obvious that presence - of - mother wouldn't have mattered in a pocket - knife scenario , which is essentially in the father - son realm ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Chapter two Boiled Pink 29 2882 | 29 |
Chapter three Salient Loony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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