Professor of Cultural Studies, Lola Young, discusses the merits of Suzanne Berne's (pictured)1999 winning novel
Synopsis: 10 year old Marsha lives with her mother and siblings in a suburb of Washington D.C. In the spring of 1972, a young boy is sexually abused, murdered and his body dumped. But this is only the most visible crime in Marsha's neighbourhood.
A Crime in the Neighbourhood Published by Penguin Books Ltd
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