![]() There was a long silence. …(p40)įrom then on the conflict is between competing child-rearing ideologies and it escalates out of all proportion, cleaving families and friendships as it tests loyalties and ethics. The little boy looked up at the man in shock. He saw his cousin’s raised arm, it spliced the air, and then he saw the open palm descend and strike the boy. The speed was coursing through Hector’s blood, the hairs on his neck were upright. He raised his foot and kicked wildly into Harry’s shin. ![]() ![]() He lifted the boy up in the air, and in shock the boy dropped the bat. In the second that it took Hector to release his breath, he saw Ravi jump towards the boys, he heard Gary’s furious curse, and he saw Harry push past all of them and grab at Hugo. With another scream Hugo evaded the older boy’s hands, and then, leaning back, he lifted the bat. ‘You’re out, Hugo, you bloody spoil-sport.’ Rocco, at the end of his tether, went to grab the bat from the younger boy. When the brat kicks him, Harry slaps him. ![]() There’s a barbecue in the suburbs, and as the booze starts to flow and the children start to squabble, the brat goes to strike another child with a cricket bat, and Harry – who is no relation – rushes over to intervene when the parent doesn’t. The blurb tells us what is going to happen. I can just imagine the sniffs of disapproval as people read it… Laced with filthy language and carnal appetites, it takes on a sacred cow in the opening chapter when an adult slaps an undisciplined brat. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |