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Karoo Boy
Karoo Boy
Author: Troy Blacklaws
Fourteen year-old Douglas Thomas watches in horror as his twin brother Marsden is killed in a fluke accident. In an instant, the secure world of his childhood in seaside Muizenberg is turned upside down. As a result of Marsden's death, the family falls apart. Douglas and his mother move upcountry to a small town in the Karoo. Here they have ...  more »
ISBN: 254565
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 196
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Publisher: Double Storey Books
Book Type: Paperback
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"Blazing with color and light, Karoo Boy offers a sensuous and lyrical evocation of South Africa that leaves a lasting impression and untimately ends on a note of hope....Against the backdrop of the bitter conflict of 1970s South Africa, Douglas develops a clearer insight into himself and his place in the world, a world where dreams and reality meet in a surprising twist."
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A coming of age story about a South African boy who moves from Cape Town to the edge of the desert following a series of family disasters.


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