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Title: Road Through the Wall, The
Author: JACKSON SHIRLEY
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 23/10/2013
Imprint: PENGUIN CLASSIC
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
In Pepper Street, an attractive suburban neighbourhood filled with bullies and egotistical bigots, the feelings of the inhabitants are shallow and selfish: what can a neighbour gain from another neighbour, what may be won from a friend? One child stands alone in her goodness: little Caroline Desmond, kind, sweet and gentle, and the pride of her family. But the malice and self-absorption of the people of Pepper Street lead to a terrible event that will destroy the community of which they are so proud.
Exposing the murderous cruelty of children, and the blindness and selfishness of adults, Shirley Jackson reveals the ugly truth behind a ‘perfect’ world.
‘An unburnished exercise in the sinister.’ The New York Times
ISBN: 9780141392004
Pages: 272