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This is one of my favorites of the Booker short listed books. More about a guy the loves Great Expectations and how he shares it. War comes to the island and all the white people leave except him. And because he is the white guy they make him the teacher. He is a suspect choice as he has gone native and the natives don't like it.
Oddly many reviews here seem to think the book is not realistic or something. I found it to be scary it was so true to life. Many of the characters are bursting with rea ...more
Oddly many reviews here seem to think the book is not realistic or something. I found it to be scary it was so true to life. Many of the characters are bursting with rea ...more
I really enjoyed this book. Now I need to go back and read Great Expectations-there is a lot I don't remember from freshman year in high school
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Fantastic book looking at the good and bad there is in everyone. Symbolised more obviously by the destruction of an innocent village by the Rambos and redskins but also by how Mr Watts fails to live up to the narators 'great expectations' and ultimately disappoints her. The use of great expectations was very well intergrated into the story.
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Oct 09, 2007
Stewart
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Sep 16, 2008
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Dec 07, 2010
Ruth Ferguson
marked it as to-read
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young-adult-children
Mar 18, 2014
Dale Dean
marked it as to-read
Sep 10, 2014
Maureen Farrimond
marked it as to-read
