The Burning Boy (Penguin Award Winning Classics)

'Written with verve and economy, Maurice Gee's novel has a wealth of penetratingly observed incidents, some spectacular and dramatic, some distinctly unpleasant. Most, however, are ordinary, everyday events from which Gee builds an engaging narrative and a detailed picture of the life of the city - a city which, under different names in successive novels, he is steadily making into his equivalent of Hardy's Wessex.' - Times Literary Supplement

PRH, PRH

'The quality of Gee's insights and observations are such that you recall why, in your youth, you thought that writers had a monopoly on humanity; his attention to detail makes you smile with pleasure.' - Listener

PRH, PRH

'A work of great emotional depth.' - Sunday Times

PRH, PRH