Childhood

Childhood by Alexis Andre


ISBN
9780747544067
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
265
Dimensions
129 x 198mm

Childhood is Andre Alexis's picaresque and stunning debut novel. It features Thomas Macmillan, a Canadian with ties to Trinidad, who pieces together - from memory and from related stories - the early years of his life.

Raised in Petrolia, a small town in southern Ontario near the U.S. border, Thomas is abandoned by his mother to the care of an eccentric grandmother. When he reaches the age of nine, his mother Katarina and a Mr. Mataf take him on a pilgrimage to Ottawa, where they live in the Victorian home of Mr. Henry Wing, a magus-like figure, whose love of science and the imagination becomes an important legacy for Thomas. Set in the 1950s and early 1960s, Childhood is daring, intelligent, profoundly moving, laced with humor, and tinged with longing. It signals the emergence of a supremely talented writer and storyteller, whose gifts for drawing memorable characters and for infusing place with a sense of wonder and immediacy are equal to the bold ambition of his novel's title.
Christmas Catalogue 2024 x BookFrenzy
18.66
RRP: $21.95
15% off RRP


This product is unable to be ordered online. Please check in-store availability.
Instore Price: $21.95
Childhood is Out of Print

You might also like

A Little Life
22.99
17.99
22% Off
Norwegian Wood
22.99
19.54
15% Off
My Policeman
22.99
9.99
57% Off
The Lovely Bones
32.99
14.99
55% Off
The Satanic Verses
22.99
19.54
15% Off
The Poisonwood Bible
24.99
21.24
15% Off
The Summer Garden
22.99
19.54
15% Off
March
24.99
21.24
15% Off
Montana 1948
16.95
14.41
15% Off
Atonement
22.99
19.54
15% Off
The Dressmaker
14.99
12.74
15% Off
The Elephant Vanishes
22.99
19.54
15% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.