Ирен Сабатини — новинки

Ten-year-old Robert knows many things. He knows his mum is writing a book about vampires; he knows how long his brother spends practicing his 'swag' poses in front of the mirror; he knows about his hometown Geneva, and about his Aunty Delphia and her animal hospital in Zimbabwe.
But Robert has questions, too. Like, who is Monsieur Renoir his mysterious neighbour? Is he really evil? Who left a Victoria Cross medal on their doorstep? Why has Aunty Delphia disappeared? Will she ever return? He thinks it all links up; and if he can find answers, he will figure out how.
Robert has learned all about 'peace' and 'conflict' at school. But as the lives of his friends, foes and family unfold, he will discover what it really means to be a hero...

Winner of the 2010 Orange Prize for New Writers
"Immediately engaging, vivid and buzzing with energy, The Boy Next Door is the work of a true storyteller... At heart a love story, it is also so much more as, through the experiences of its charismatic protagonists, it charts the first two decades of the emerging Zimbabwe with honesty, humour and humanity... Irene Sabatini has written an important book that will enchant readers and which marks the emergence of a serious new talent.”
Di Spiers, Editor of Readings at BBC Radio 4,
Orange Award for New Writers Chair of Judges

Synopsis:
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, there is a tragedy in the house next door to Lindiwe Bishop; her neighbor has been burned alive. The victim's stepson, Ian McKenzie, is the prime suspect but is soon released. Lindiwe can't hide her fascination with this young, boisterous and mysterious white man, and they soon forge an unlikely closeness even as the country starts to deteriorate. Years after circumstances split them apart, Ian returns to a much-changed Zimbabwe to see Lindiwe, now a sophisticated, impassioned young woman, and discovers a devastating secret that will alter both of their futures, and draw them closer together even as the world seems bent on keeping them apart. The Boy Next Door is a moving and powerful debut about two people finding themselves and each other in a time of national upheaval.