Firecrackers

FirecrackersAuthor: Carl Van Vechten ISBN: 9781513132860 Publisher: Mint Editions Year first published: 24 May 2022 Pages: 150 Format: Hardback Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel (1925) is a novel by Carl Van Vechten. Published in the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Van Vechten's novel has been recognized as an important document of the Jazz Age, a decade of bohemian excess and artistic experimentation

Enitan is a young boy “farmed out” by his parents to a white British family in the hope of giving him a better future

always showing up to help in unexpected and much-needed ways

and to use his gift with words to turn people from their madness - speaks forcefully into our time

he uncovers accusations of robbery

Their relationship is now put to the ultimate test

It deals with the responsibility of commanders and how the law is enforced

Inspired by stories from New Zealand's boys homes and the early history of our gangs

and grumpy

As one Minister of Foreign Affairs put it

while Julia becomes convinced that her house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl

and a series of deadly challenges that test their resolve

Year first published: 14 Oct 2021