The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini
A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos.
One of the most engaging novels about inter-racial love to be published this century. . entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it. * Amanda Craig, Independent *
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous love story . . . Irene Sabatini is a born writer, and she has told a completely engrossing story which combines brilliantly realised fictional characters as well as evoking the only too real sad degradation of a once-thriving country. * Carla McKay, Daily Mail *
A tender, powerful debut, this story makes an indelible imprint. * Easy Living *
Irene Sabatini's captivating first novel, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, offers readers a rare and often painfully honest glimpse into life in post-independent Zimbabwe. And yet there is much light and hope and yes, love - genuine and hard-earned - in this book as well. A true pleasure. * Peter Orner *
A fine and accomplished first novel...full of understanding, insight and powerful beauty. * Tablet *
'One of the most engaging novels about inter-racial love to be published this century ... entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it.' * Amanda Craig, Independent *
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous love story...Irene Sabatini is a born writer, and she has told a completely engrossing story which combines brilliantly realised fictional characters as well as evoking the only too real sad degradation of a once-thriving country. * Carla McKay, Daily Mail *
A fine and accomplished first novel...full of understanding, insight and powerful beauty * Alexander Lucie-Smith, Tablet *
A tender, powerful debut, this story makes an indelible imprint * Easy Living *
Irene Sabatini's captivating first novel, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, offers readers a rare and often painfully honest glimpse into life in post-independent Zimbabwe. And yet there is much light and hope and yes, love - genuine and hard-earned - in this book as well. A true pleasure. * Peter Orner, author of The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo *
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous love story . . . Irene Sabatini is a born writer, and she has told a completely engrossing story which combines brilliantly realised fictional characters as well as evoking the only too real sad degradation of a once-thriving country. * Carla McKay, Daily Mail *
A tender, powerful debut, this story makes an indelible imprint. * Easy Living *
Irene Sabatini's captivating first novel, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, offers readers a rare and often painfully honest glimpse into life in post-independent Zimbabwe. And yet there is much light and hope and yes, love - genuine and hard-earned - in this book as well. A true pleasure. * Peter Orner *
A fine and accomplished first novel...full of understanding, insight and powerful beauty. * Tablet *
'One of the most engaging novels about inter-racial love to be published this century ... entertaining, ambitious and packed with news from elsewhere, leavened by the precious optimism of youth. Don't miss it.' * Amanda Craig, Independent *
What a worthy winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. This is an exuberant, tender and often humorous love story...Irene Sabatini is a born writer, and she has told a completely engrossing story which combines brilliantly realised fictional characters as well as evoking the only too real sad degradation of a once-thriving country. * Carla McKay, Daily Mail *
A fine and accomplished first novel...full of understanding, insight and powerful beauty * Alexander Lucie-Smith, Tablet *
A tender, powerful debut, this story makes an indelible imprint * Easy Living *
Irene Sabatini's captivating first novel, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, offers readers a rare and often painfully honest glimpse into life in post-independent Zimbabwe. And yet there is much light and hope and yes, love - genuine and hard-earned - in this book as well. A true pleasure. * Peter Orner, author of The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo *
Irene Sabatini grew up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She studied psychology at the University of Zimbabwe and then took a Masters at the Institute of Education in London. She has lived and worked in several countries: teaching in Colombia, conducting research work in Barbadian schools and writing environmental science books for Zimbabwean primary schools. She currently lives in Geneva with her husband and two sons.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340918838 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340918837 |
| Title | The Boy Next Door |
| Author | Irene Sabatini |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2010-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Winner of Orange Award for New Writers 2010 |
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