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Tony Kramper
, February 21, 2011
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M. J. Poynter’s novel is essentially a “bildungsroman” which recollects the author’s oppressive childhood of growing up in a small town in apartheid South Africa. The author’s first-person narrative provides an insightful commentary which makes good use of vivid description and displays an interesting play on words. The writer provides a tragically comic portrayal of his childhood years and spares no expense in launching a relentless attack on the injustices of the past. Using a barrage of mocking sarcasm, thinly disguised as comical wit, the author recollects numerous unfortunate events which are as frightening as they are funny. M. J. Poynter provides a truly grotesque depiction of what conditions were like during his school days and succeeds in giving his teachers the kind of humiliation they deserve!
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