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The boy at the keyhole, a novel, Stephen Giles

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The boy at the keyhole, a novel, Stephen Giles

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The boy at the keyhole

Responsibility statement

Stephen Giles

Sub title

a novel

Summary

England, 1961: Nine-year-old Samuel lives alone in a once-great estate in Surrey with the family's housekeeper, Ruth. His father is dead and his mother has been abroad for months, purportedly tending to her late husband's faltering business. She left in a hurry while Samuel was sleeping and did not say good-bye. Beyond her sporadic postcards, Samuel hears nothing from her, mapping her journey in an atlas he finds in her study. Samuel's life is otherwise regulated by Ruth, who runs the house with an iron fist. As rumours in town begin to swirl, Samuel wonders whether something more sinister is afoot. Perhaps his mother did not leave but was murdered - by Ruth

Target audience

adult

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Boy at the key hole

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