Ten Days
by Gillian Slovo
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It's 4 a.m. and Cathy Mason is watching dawn break over the Lovelace estate. By the end of the day, her community will be a crime scene. By the end of the week, her city will be on fire. In this gripping thriller, a death at police hands has repercussions far beyond one family plunged into grief. As violence erupts in the middle of a stifling heatwave, the dead man becomes a useful tactic (or an urgent threat) in political games at the highest level. So while lives are at risk in Cathy show more Mason's estate, across London in Westminster, careers are being made, or ruined. From a Home Secretary's attempts to unseat a Prime Minister, to a new Met Police Commissioner fighting for his job, to families torn apart: in Ten Days, Orange Prize-shortlisted author Gillian Slovo shows what happens when politics, policing and the hard realities of living in London explosively collide. show lessTags
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I don't know what sort of tone the book set, but the abridged audio came across almost post-apocalyptic, although it's set in modern London. It just seemed so crazy, the riots, the gangs, no one safe except the politician in their ivory towers (all corrupt, of course), and the very structure of society seemingly breaking down. Perhaps it was a little over the top. I'm not sure I would be able to stay on board if I were reading the book. I couldn't quite tell what all the fuss was about. Then again, look what happened in Ferguson, and Baltimore. These days it doesn't seem to take much. Perhaps it was spot on.
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She is a novelist living in London. She is the daughter of the anti-apartheid activists Joe Slovo & Ruth First. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Dedication
- To Robyn, for her calm persistence, courage under fire, and fierce plotting brain.
- First words
- The beating of a helicopter swooping low over the Lovelace estate must been what first shook Cathy from sleep, but what had brought her to consciousness was the much softer click of a door.
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