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“It slightly defies categorisation, in the best way. It’s a gripping read. It’s 1950s Florida, and our protagonists – siblings – are black, their father on the run after trying to unionise and being falsely accused of rape, their mother dead. Young Robert is sent to the Reformatory, an institute for juvenile ‘offenders’ (he kicked a grown man to defend his sister). Here there are haints, i.e. ghosts; premonitions are the other major fantasy element. The supernatural here is definitely on the disturbing side.” Read more...
