**The second gripping, powerful novel by the author of _Once Were Warriors._** Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies . . .Reviewers found i
One Night Out Stealing
β Scribed by Duff, Alan
- Book ID
- 108979383
- Publisher
- Random House New Zealand
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781775530497
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β¦ Synopsis
The second gripping, powerful novel by the author of Once Were Warriors. Boys' homes, borstal, jail, stealing, then jail again - and again. That's been life for Jube and Sonny. One Pakeha, the other Maori, only vaguely aware of life beyond pubs and their hopeless cronies . . .Reviewers found it compulsive and unforgettable, one saying: 'Brutal, foul-mouthed, violent, despairing and real . . . it can't be ignored'.In this novel Alan Duff confirms his skills as a gripping story-teller and a masterful creator of characters and situations. As one reviewer noted, it is 'original and important'.
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