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Bezig met laden... Going West (1992)door Maurice Gee
  
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Gee's dedication to his writing over the past three decades has resembled the commitment that some of his characters show to their own work ... now his readers are able to benefit richly themselves from the commitment Gee has shown to his craft.
For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider takes that prize. Is he also a murderer? And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives. Going West has long been regarded as one of the most autobiogr... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend RexPetley - eel-catcher, girl-chaser, moterbike rider - takes that prize. Is he also a murderer! and why, forty years later, does he drown out in the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives. Going West has long been regarded as one of the most autobiographical novels of Maurice Gee's works.
I found this a quiet, reflective novel. Jack fills his exercise books with his memoirs, in attempt to understand and discover the truth about his old friend Rex and through his reflections finds an inner peace with his own life.
I love these books set in familiar places and times. I find myself recognising an era, now past, that was my youth too. These local writers are so important for recording the 20th century for future generations. (