The world of "Make Believe" into which we are drawn in this remarkable novel—hailed for both its lyrical prose and its profound dramatic and emotional intensity—is the world of four-year-old Bo, cast adrift in a sea of strangers as he becomes the focus of a fierce custody battle between two sets of grandparents, one black and one white.
"The opening sections of Make Believe, which depict Bo's experience of the car accident that killed his mother and his new life with his paternal grandparents, are as powerful as anything the gifted Ms. Scott has written. They possess the unsettling intensity of Benjy's interior monologue in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. . . . The penultimate chapter, which sends Bo's life skidding off in yet another direction, contains a dazzling set piece that showcases all of Ms. Scott's virtuosic skills."
—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
General
| Imprint: |
Little, Brown
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2001 |
| First published: |
February 2001 |
| Authors: |
Joanna Scott
|
| Dimensions: |
211 x 141 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
274 |
| Edition: |
1st Back Bay pbk. ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-316-77666-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-316-77666-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780316776660 |
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