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 The Ice People - Maggie Gee
Newest Review: ... which is ruled by the young. Temperatures are below freezing, and Saul lives in the ruins of an abandoned airport, kept alive ... more  ... by the wild boys - young, violent, illiterate men who live by their own pack laws and who tolerate Saul because he retains the ability to read and write. Every day he writes his life story, and it is this story that forms the core of the novel. At night he joins the wild boys to sleep in a huge heap of bodies to keep himself warm and alive in the bitter cold, but he knows that as soon as his story is told his usefulness will be finished, and they will end his life.
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The Ice People - Maggie Gee: Feathered robots, separate lives and the second ice age (961 words)
by - written on 16/09/09 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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I have always enjoyed the thought provoking novels of Maggie Gee. She writes with great insight, straightforwardly tackling the issues of modern society that others may shy away from. In the past I have read her powerful novels on race and racism - 'The White Family' and 'My Cleaner', and enjoyed them. Maggie Gee has a very academic background, and does not necessarily write novels that are easy to read. She is a lecturer and researcher - and the first female chair of the Royal Society of Literature. Her novels are usually thoughtful as well as entertaining, and usually address contemporary issues such as racism or global warming. Perhaps surprisingly her ... Read the complete review
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