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It is also an early example of discourse on disability politics, treatment of the disabled throughout history, and hit-or-miss relations and perceptions between the disabled and able-bodied communities. The CP becomes part of her characteristics, but the reader is taken far beyond that. The computer stuff is very outdated now but don't let that put you off reading it. There hasn't been much fiction featuring key disabled characters, but I think William Horwood packs enough emotional and literary punches to create a highly compelling and thought provoking story. Really hard to explain.

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And William Horwood's inspired, hea Skallagrigg unites Arthur, a little boy abandoned many years ago in a grim hospital in northern England with Esther, a radiantly intelligent young girl who is suffering from cerebral palsy, and with Daniel, an American computer-games genius.

If you are only ever going to read one more book in your life, it would have to be this one and no other. It will stay with me for a long time. Use the HTML below.

Life-changing, or at the very least, eye-opening. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. He's not perfect, but he's not a jerk either. Skallagrigg tells the story of the disabled and society's treatment of them akallagrigg the ss as well as ss.

Many of them find it difficult to get into the story but I encourage them to persevere. Intriguing, emotive, harrowing, truthful and ultimately uplifting.

It was republished in as City of Dark Hearts with some significant revisions and cuts under the pen name James Conan. Skallagrigg 09 Mar Published by Penguin first published I read this book years ago and it has stayed with me, a very emotional read. I can't recommend this book - or this author - enough. All of Horwood's books generally are, but he leaves the alliteration behind here to craft something more.

But it is wonderful, magical and powerful. Arthur and his friends never seem to skallagrig the Skallagrigg directly, but they also credit him with the save. I'll let a guy called Paul Silver do the spadework for me - he reviewed the Horwood's own daughter had this disability and was the inspiration for the book. I'm a Watership Down nut so of course, I had to buy it.

I have always thought what I would say to William Horwood if I ever met him. Several story lines about the nature of true and convoluted friendships along the way and skallahrigg sad indictment on British Institutionalism not that its unique to Britain. What's the Name o Do we discover the connection between these three characters? May 13, Ann rated it it was amazing.

Skallagrigg by William Horwood

She eventually realises that these stories are real, told by a real person and describing a real place. Parts of my life were echoed on the pages and my conflicting emotions of the past 30 years were brought back to me. Part One starts in with the heart rending story of a young boy named Arthur, who is torn from his family and institutionalised, because he has cerebral palsy.

Thankfully, after the first few chapters, the book changes tack and becomes much easier to like.

Skallagrigg also captures the excitement present in s computing, when having a personal computer meant one had to do a lot more programming than one does today. It is a story which I know will stay with me for a very long time.

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It is the only piece of information his father passed skallagrihg him about his ancestors. This book is now dated and some of the terms that they used to describe disabl So my work friend recommended this book and kept on and on about how I need to read it. They describe a boy with CP, Arthur, and his experiences in a hospital. Posted on 15th Nov by Ali Isaac. You are commenting using your Facebook account.