The Godless Boys
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:1st Jan '15
Should be back in stock very soon
The Godless Boys is a tender tale about faith, love and power on a dystopian island set during an alternative history.
The Godless Boys is the astounding literary debut of Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway.
Imagine an alternative England, where the Church controls the country and non-believers have been exiled to a remote island.
On the Island, a fierce group of boys patrols the community, searching for signs of faith and punishing any believers. When a new girl appears, arriving from the mainland to search for her long-lost mother, the gang is split: one boy falls in love with her, another seeks violent revenge. The struggle between them will change everything.
Vibrant and evocative. * Stylist *
The comforts of faith, the terrors of extremism, the loneliness of not believing anything at all: these are the aggressively modern tensions that pierce Wood's novel . . . richly conceived. * Metro *
A gripping, well-crafted tale . . . impressive. * Observer *
A tender, brutal tale focusing on God, love and violence. * Grazia *
ISBN: 9781447293132
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 23mm
Weight: 268g
368 pages