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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Though well-researched, I have to say that I found that this story went on a bit too long. At some point in the nearly 400 pages, I think I ended up losing interest but did want to finish it. The end was quite touching but the story took awhile to get there.
When I first heard about Children of the Sun, I assumed the title was taken from the classic sixties psyche single of the same name by The Misunderstood, but anyone who reads the book can see that it actually invokes Savitri Devi, a particularly bonkers and unpleasant exponent of post-war Nazi occultism, and one of the founding members of the World Union of National Socialists. That said, the focus of this ‘novel’ is very much on English neo-Nazi scum of the Thatcher era; although Devi does appear in extended fictional form, partly on account of the fact that she died in England on the same day that the moronic bonehead band Skrewdriver played their comeback gig in London.
The book intercuts two narratives, which are joined at the end. One is about a lumpen south London secretly gay Nazi skinhead called Tony; and the other concerns the middle-class liberal James, whose family is financially supporting his research into the far-Right, so that he can write a TV script about British Movement activist and amateur porn star Nicky Crane. Schaefer uses the first narrative to undermine reader expectations, his main character Tony is complete low-life, and in every fight sequence I was rooting for him to be annihilated; so it was a major disappointment that this piece of trash survives right the way through to the end of the book.
Read the full review here: http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2782
The book intercuts two narratives, which are joined at the end. One is about a lumpen south London secretly gay Nazi skinhead called Tony; and the other concerns the middle-class liberal James, whose family is financially supporting his research into the far-Right, so that he can write a TV script about British Movement activist and amateur porn star Nicky Crane. Schaefer uses the first narrative to undermine reader expectations, his main character Tony is complete low-life, and in every fight sequence I was rooting for him to be annihilated; so it was a major disappointment that this piece of trash survives right the way through to the end of the book.
Read the full review here: http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2782
This book follows two characters lives - Tony, growing up from the 1970s into the 90s - and James in the modern day, researching the skinhead movement throughout the eighties. The chapters switch between the two storylines, seperated by articles about the relevant movements, until they finally converge at the very end.
For someone interested in Nazism, Fascism, or the skinhead movements, then I'm sure this book would appeal more.
For someone interested in Nazism, Fascism, or the skinhead movements, then I'm sure this book would appeal more.