![]() ![]() ![]() While the sisters at school feed him all the usual nonsense, his interpretation is that God is a literal being. ![]() When not embroiled in such pursuits he turns his attention to the question of God. Jimmyâs day to day activities include going to school, hanging around with his friends, and talking with an elderly Raggleton resident (called Bloody Jack) down by the harbour. His elder sister, Molly, lived in Wellington. His world back then was the coastal town of Raggleton where he lived with his parents and went to Catholic school. The story is told by thirteen year old Jimmy Sullivan who is recounting the events in his life two years previous when his world changed forever. I believe it is hailed as a classic in his home land - in much the same way Grassic Gibbonsâ Sunset Song is in Scotland â and forms (or at least once formed) part of the school curriculum â but donât quote me on that. Written in the late fifties, this debut novel falls somewhere between Salingerâs The Catcher In The Rye (which I am yet to read) and Doyleâs Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Were it not for my rather unnatural obsession as regards collecting all of the Penguin Classics, I may never have heard of The God Boy by New Zealand journalist, Ian Cross. ![]()
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