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001 | ocn961009188 | ||
003 | OCoLC | ||
005 | 20171102142802.0 | ||
008 | 161026s2017 xx 000 0 eng d | ||
020 | _a1409171817 | ||
020 | _a9781409171812 | ||
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035 | _a(OCoLC)961009188 | ||
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_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dOCLCQ _dAUCPL |
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_aGornell, Barry, _934491 _eauthor. |
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_aThe wrong child / _cBarry Gornell |
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_aLondon _bOrion, _c2017. |
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_a266 p. _c21 cm. |
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520 | _aTwenty-two of the twenty-three children in a rural village die in a disaster. By chance, the 'wrong' child, Dog Evans, lives. Crippled with survivor's guilt, his parents abandon Evans to a feral life at the margins. He is shunned by those left behind, for whom his presence is a daily insult, a reminder of unbearable loss. As the action moves from past to present and back, we learn what took place and its shocking consequences for both Dog Evans and the wider community. Deborah Cutter, separated from her husband, John, numbs her pain with alcohol and sex. Local postman Nugget holds tight to the hope that the Evans house contains valuable secrets. Parish priest Father Wittin is an embarrassing irrelevance. As grief turns to rage, the villagers' insatiable desire for catharsis, one final blood sacrifice, becomes unstoppable. | ||
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_96996 _aAbandoned children _vFiction. |
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_93032 _aGrief _vFiction. |
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_91890 _aVillages _vFiction. |
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948 | _hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 9 OTHER HOLDINGS | ||
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