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THE BOOK OF MALACHI
Riveting literary page-turner, for fans of NEVER LET ME GO, THE CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE WASP FACTORY
Malachi has survived a brutal attack by genocidaires: loved ones slaughtered, his tongue cut out. He cannot speak, but he is far from dumb, though he keeps to himself, suppressing traumatic memories doing mind-numbing factory work. But then he is offered what he can't refuse: a handsomely paid job with a powerful pharmaceutical company, a new tongue and hope.
When he is flown out to an old oilrig off the African coast, he discovers that he is to be carer/jail-keeper in a secretive organ farming operation. His captive charges, he is assured, are all criminals evil people deserving of death row. They would die anyway. At least now the last days of their lives are useful to those in greater need. Like Malachi.
But are the prisoner-donors all as bad as Frasier Pharmaceuticals say? Communication is banned, but no one knows that Malachi can read and write, and whispers reach his ears. The stories of the desperate will not be silenced not even his own. Covertly he comes to know them, even the ones he fears, and as his own memories gain force, he must make a choice if he wants to try to save one, he must save them all. And risk everything himself.
Malachi may have no tongue, but his is a voice you will never forget sharply ironic, vividly descriptive and leavened with humour, every sense sharpened by his loss of speech. He is a compelling guide through the twists and turns of a terrible dilemma, in this darkly gripping but ultimately redemptive novel.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T.C. Farren is a prize-winning novelist and scriptwriter, based in Cape Town. Her film script, HOTEL NOWHERE, a thriller about two women who become mules' in the drug trafficking industry, has recently been selected as a finalist in the Best of the Best competition and the Moondance International Film Festival. She has received acclaim and international festival attention for her published novels and their screen adaptations (scripted by her too).
When he is flown out to an old oilrig off the African coast, he discovers that he is to be carer/jail-keeper in a secretive organ farming operation. His captive charges, he is assured, are all criminals evil people deserving of death row. They would die anyway. At least now the last days of their lives are useful to those in greater need. Like Malachi.
But are the prisoner-donors all as bad as Frasier Pharmaceuticals say? Communication is banned, but no one knows that Malachi can read and write, and whispers reach his ears. The stories of the desperate will not be silenced not even his own. Covertly he comes to know them, even the ones he fears, and as his own memories gain force, he must make a choice if he wants to try to save one, he must save them all. And risk everything himself.
Malachi may have no tongue, but his is a voice you will never forget sharply ironic, vividly descriptive and leavened with humour, every sense sharpened by his loss of speech. He is a compelling guide through the twists and turns of a terrible dilemma, in this darkly gripping but ultimately redemptive novel.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T.C. Farren is a prize-winning novelist and scriptwriter, based in Cape Town. Her film script, HOTEL NOWHERE, a thriller about two women who become mules' in the drug trafficking industry, has recently been selected as a finalist in the Best of the Best competition and the Moondance International Film Festival. She has received acclaim and international festival attention for her published novels and their screen adaptations (scripted by her too).
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Published 2019-05-01 by Kwela |