Held Up by Christopher Radmann

Held Up by Christopher Radmann

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Zusammenfassung

A searingly powerful, heart-wrenching novel set in South Africa about a father whose daughter is abducted and his attempts to recover her in the face of police indifference and a society where violence is increasingly a way of life - Dennis Lehane's MYSTIC RIVER meets J. M Coetzee's DISGRACE

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Held Up by Christopher Radmann

How far do you go to rescue your child? Paul van Niekirk, a successful white South African is held up at gun-point when driving his new BMW. He's dragged out and his abductor drives off in his car. It's an everyday car jacking. Except his nine-month old daughter is in the back seat. As a pacifist, Paul is reluctant to carry a gun, but he descends into the heart of darkness of his country determined to find his child. He uncovers a criminal gang involved in people trafficking and discovers in himself a capacity for violence. When the trail goes cold, he is on the verge of losing everything but finds redemption in the most unlikely circumstances. Moving from the enclaves of Johannesburg's northern suburbs to the throbbing heart of Soweto's informal settlements, Paul is forced to confront the changing political and social landscape of the new South Africa, questioning his own values as his perfect life crumbles around him.
Christopher Radmann is from South Africa, but has lived in the UK for the last twelve years. He is currently Head of Sixth Form and Head of English at a boarding school in Hampshire, England, where he lives with his wife and two children. Based loosely on personal experience and that of friends and family, HELD UP is his first novel.
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ISBN 13 9780755389216
ISBN 10 0755389212
Titel Held Up
Autor Christopher Radmann
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Headline Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr 2013-02-28
Seitenanzahl 384
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