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The Godless Boys by Naomi Wood (view source)
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|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Interesting dystopian novel about love and faith, set in the near past rather than the near future. A thoughtful debut and an author to look out for in the future.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Picador
|date=April 2010
|isbn=0330530127
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Can we live without faith? Or love? I consider my own atheism incorrigble but I fear the answer to both questions is no.
This is a thoughtful debut and author to look out for in the future.
My thanks to the good people at Picador for sending the book.
If dystopian fiction is your thing, you might also enjoy [[The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall]] - brooding and atmospheric, its main focus is gender. For something offering some optimism in this usually miserable genre, we think [[The Pesthouse by Jim Crace]] is absolutely celebratory.
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