A Game We Play
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A group of children use an abandoned shed in the fields near their apartment block as a summer hang-out. Three boys and two ten-year-old girls. Lazily, in the stifling heat, they listen to their REM tapes and explore each other's bodies. Away from parental eyes and in imitation of their older brothers and sisters, they start to take things too far, but it is only when the ringleader and wild card, 14yr old Mirko, introduces the adult world of pornography into their games that irreparable damage is done.An intelligent and deeply disturbing first novel that bravely confronts the sexuality of children.
Author: Simona Vinci
Format: Paperback, 160 pages, 1mm x 1mm, 116 g
Published: 2000, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
A group of children use an abandoned shed in the fields near their apartment block as a summer hang-out. Three boys and two ten-year-old girls. Lazily, in the stifling heat, they listen to their REM tapes and explore each other's bodies. Away from parental eyes and in imitation of their older brothers and sisters, they start to take things too far, but it is only when the ringleader and wild card, 14yr old Mirko, introduces the adult world of pornography into their games that irreparable damage is done.An intelligent and deeply disturbing first novel that bravely confronts the sexuality of children.
A Game We Play