Black Chalk
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781859643570 (1859643574)
ASIN: 1859643574
Publish date: 2013-11-07
Publisher: Garnet Publishing Ltd
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Thank you kindly to the author and Garnet for the copy of this book for review. In the Oxfordshire countryside, a student walks into a classroom and starts shooting. Nate Dillingham, friends with shooter and victims alike, is the sole survivor and only witness. Easily led and eager to please, his ...
“Each memory came innocent and left tainted. And once tainted, memories grew persistent. Their stench remained and coloured other thoughts, so that, like an infection, I was soon left with nothing but tainted memories.” Nate Dillingham is 17 years old when his life disintegrates. Nate is a nice yo...
For the first half of the novel, Nate avoids his emotions on the tragic school shooting where he was the only survivor. With no other witnesses to corroborate his story, Nate is considered a hero by the media and the town. But unable to face his own demons, Nate disappears for eight long years. Much...