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We hear some gunshots, followed by silence.

The novel starts off on a pretty rough day for our narrator, Mrs. Curren. She wakes up to find a ten-year-old kid feeling her up, looking for money. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser.

The news media do not report on the violence and repression occurring in the townships, but Mrs. Curren sees first-hand the effects of waging war on a population already in poverty and living without hope. Mrs.

It had an Iron Age setting with a bit of druid magic thrown in to spice things up.

We see Vercueil starting to take care of Mrs. Curren in ways she (and we) never expected him to.

The officers tell Mrs. Curren it's OK for her to go back into her house, but she wanders off because her home just doesn't feel like home anymore. By a strange twist of fate, Mrs. Curren soon finds herself fighting a battle she didn't previously know existed. This is a book that had caught my attention some time ago, based on description and the comments I'd seen on it, but I'd casually tossed it on the to-read pile without putting much thought into "when".

Some of the main characters cursing with different animal names and body parts merged together made me laugh. I was really excited to receive this book through NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review. We know even less about the Roman invasion, except for the diaries of Julius Caesar. Vercueil disappears for a bit to go "lick his wounds.". Complete summary of J. M. Coetzee's Age of Iron. Coetzee brings together important themes in this book: aging, death, the confessor as hero, narrative representation, the meaning of freedom, the unity of man, familial relationships and the position of the white liberal in Apartheid South Africa. This is the best book I've read this year by a country mile. One night soon thereafter, Mrs. Curren gets a phone call in the middle of the night from a woman asking for Florence. It is among his most popular works and was the 1990 Sunday Express Book of the Year. The author does an excellent job of maintaining tension throughout the fight scenes.

She is a lonely old lady diagnosed with cancer and given a few months at most to live. “Do you know,” he said, “I’ve always thought that people are about as happy as they decide to be.” “What?” “Nothing.”, David Gemmell Morningstar Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Newcomer (2015), Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings, Based on Lisa's review at Tenacious Reader, Goodreads Members Suggest: 32 ‘Vacation’ Reads. Mrs. Curren tells him about what happened to Bheki. He's injured, so she looks after him for a bit. However, she does underline that just like every other era in history, this time of brutality and racism will eventually come to an end. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on

She says that everything is fine, but John is afraid.

Upon arriving home, she turns away a homeless man, Vercueil, who is camped out near her house. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. He leaves, but comes back right away. Her loss of innocence is not, however, one of youth but one of privilege. She offers him work, which just ticks him off. She doesn't want to go through with it, though, so they drive again.

He grills her about the gun that John had and her relationship to him and to Vercueil.

As this strange summer of staying put winds down, one thing remains truer than ever: Books offer us endless adventure and new horizons to... To see what your friends thought of this book. Now entering his forties, Angus lives in London with his wife Nicola and baby son Charlie. She's unable to go through with it however, so Vercueil buys some liquor and tells her to get drunk. Giving up, Mrs. Curren invites him into her house for a bite to eat.

The cops then say she can return to her home, but she can't stand the thought of it. Nope, this time it's the police.

At one point, Mrs. Curren is in too much pain to go on, so she and Vercueil just sit in the car together. Age of Iron was a nice blend of fantasy and historical fiction.

She goes to the doctor only to find out that her cancer is no longer treatable and she's going to die soon.

One day Mrs. Curren wakes up feeling cold. help you understand the book. A lady officer distracts Mrs. Curren.

He encourages her to tell the truth, so her daughter doesn't resent her after she's gone. The humour was forced, the "this is what really happened" at the beginning was completely unnecessary (and inaccurate: claim cannot be made).

and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. She is still dying, however, so her efforts are seemingly small but truly all that she can contribute. They go to an area that's exploding in chaos, full of burning buildings and screaming people. In the night, however, she has a sudden painful attack, and the man helps her.

He doesn't say anything, but he gets into bed with her and holds her. This exchange ends with Mrs. Curren sort of making a fool of herself in front of a crowd of people as she tries to explain her point of view. Otherwise great book.

This was great! One day Mrs. Curren witnesses the same cops who previously talked to her disrespectfully, force Bheki and his friend, John, who are on bikes, to run into a truck. He spent his thirties on various assignments as a freelance writer, including looking for Bigfoot in the USA for the Telegraph, diving on the scuppered German fleet at Scapa Flow for the Financial Times and swimming with sea lions off the Galapagos Islands for the Times. Technically not badly written, as in good punctuation and grammar etc, but in terms of wit and plot, very much badly written.

Haven't seen you in a while :), In his twenties, Angus Watson’s jobs ranged from forklift truck driver to investment banker.

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Still, over time the two begin to display genuine interest in each other beyond her immediate need of companionship and his immediate need for alcohol. Nobody else has that luxury. Later on, Mrs. Curren walks by Florence's room and realizes that John is up to something – he's pulled up one of the floorboards, and he stashes something under the bed when he notices her standing there. She is a lonely old lady diagnosed with cancer and given a few months at most to live. We don't see him again for a while. She starts to realize that the police might not be the upstanding folks that she thought they were – rather, they perpetuate the hate that fills their society.

She wants to demand justice from the authorities for John's injury, but Florence won't let her because she's afraid to be involved with the police. He spent his thirties on various assignments as a freelance writer, including looking for Bigfoot in the USA for the Telegraph, diving on the scuppered German fleet at Scapa Flow for the Financial Times and swimming with sea lions off the Galapagos Islands for the Times. Vercueil refuses to wake up and help, so Mrs. Curren ends up driving Florence, Hope, and Beauty over to Gugulethu. An editor If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware.

The Age of Iron Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Great fun light historical fiction and light fantasy novel. Coetzee Message Board. The Age of Iron Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Mrs. Curren calls the hospital to check on Bheki's friend but there's somehow no record of him. The Age of Iron Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. I love books from this time era.

after reading this, I am certain that Angus Watson's books both delight and kill me! She asks Vercueil if it is "time." Offended, she screams at him to leave, which he does. Angus Watson does such an amazing job at descriptions, storylines, plots and twists. With Mr. Vercueil as her confidant she considers a dramatic and martyr-like act. We start to learn a little bit more about the political turmoil that our characters are living through. This is all too much for Mrs. Curren. Thoroughly entertaining (pre)historical romp, with intriguing characters and relationships, nasty druids, vicious fighting and combat, gore and trickery, all set within a fascinating prehistoric landscape of hillforts, marsh towns and tors. will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. All of this is communicated via a letter which Mrs. Curren is writing near her death to her estranged daughter as a sort of confession. In South Africa an old woman diagnosed with terminal cancer spends her last days writing a long, last letter to her daughter who lives in America. Later that evening, she spots the man staring at the TV through her window. They find Florence, who has managed to locate Bheki. Dug finds himself traveling with an intelligent young girl in Spring along with Lowa, a woman who's seeking vengeance against Zadar for his betrayal. She goes over to John and tells him that she won't let them hurt him, but deep down she knows that she's powerless to save him.