Redemptor Domus by Gamelyn Chase - Revision history

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We'll soon have a review of this book.

You can read more about Gamelyn Chase [[:Category:Gamelyn Chase|here]].

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-A young boy arrives at an exclusive faith school on the scenic North Wales coast, sent far from his father in the Far East. As the boy travels to the school, he discovers that his father has been killed in an air crash while fleeing from the Chinese communist army in Manchuria. The boy then arrives at the school a vulnerable orphan, with an uncertain future. Plunged into a school that has changed little since his father's time, the boy is seen as a trophy by friends and enemies alike. With them locked into their scheming and plotting, it comes to the boy to attempt to clean up the pit of filth that the school has become.
+A young boy arrives at an exclusive faith school on the scenic North Wales coast, sent far from his family in the Far East. As the boy travels to the school, a family tragedy causes the boy to arrive at the school a vulnerable orphan, with an uncertain future. Plunged into a school full of danger and betrayal, the boy is seen as a trophy by friends and enemies alike. With them locked into their scheming and plotting, it comes to the boy to attempt to clean up the pit of filth that the school has become.
 Born into a Catholic family, author Gamelyn Chase shunned religion at an early age and later travelled the world as a merchant navy officer. An aspiring target rifleman, he's regularly to be found practising on the ranges at Bisley, and ''Redemptor Domus'' is his first novel. Rereading a book by French author Roger Peyrefitte, ''Special Friendships'', author Gamelyn Chase found himself admiring the strong prose and interesting setting of the book, but despairing of an ending which he found rather unsatisfying. This inspired him to write his own novel - a work taking elements from Peyrefitte's work, but very much its own beast.

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+What works well though, is Chase's understanding of the savage realities that can occur in a school environment where children are left to govern things for themselves. In a similar vein to ''Lord of the Flies'', he examines the reactions of children when placed in situations that many of us would consider ''adult''. By showing the consequences that these actions have, he gives a real levity to the events of the book - and it's that which fits with the sombre tone and unique language to provide a book that, whilst not for everyone, is certainly an original read which I found rather compelling.
 You can read more about Gamelyn Chase [[:Category:Gamelyn Chase|here]].
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