One character in this novel becomes an expert darts player while bedridden with polio, and shortly after breaking his arm, that character witnesses a 79-year-old elder die.
One character in this novel becomes an expert darts player while bedridden with polio, and shortly after breaking his arm, that character witnesses a 79-year-old elder die. When a fight breaks out in this novel, the protagonist notices that a child has a pierced ear. This novel ends with a phrase which translates as "the end Â– or the beginning," and the thoughts of its characters are set off from the rest of the text by an indent. One character in this novel writes notes in all capital letters, and is sometimes called Himi or Haimona. That character steals a queen from a set of chess pieces, and during a climactic scene he kicks the protagonist's guitar and goes around town breaking windows. In this novel, Joe physically abuses his mute adopted son Simon Gillayley, who is taken in by Kerewin Holmes. For 10 points, name this novel by Keri Hulme.
One character in this novel becomes an expert darts player while bedridden with polio, and shortly after breaking his arm, that character witnesses a 79-year-old elder die.
The Bone People