"Belinda Bauer has created such an emotionally complex character in Jack, and I defy you not to root for him."
It came as no surprise to me when Snap was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2018, because Belinda Bauer is one of the most talented writers on the literary scene. The novel starts on the hard shoulder of a motorway, as Jack and his sisters wait by their broken-down car for their mother to walk to a phone and fetch help.
Only she never returns. This terrible moment shapes the future of the three children, particularly Jack – now 14 – who takes on the role of carer. Belinda Bauer has created such an emotionally complex character in Jack, and I defy you not to root for him. Snap didn’t bag the Booker, but it’s an out-and-out winner for me.
A teenage boy hunts for his mother's killer in this Man Booker Prize-longlisted novel by ';the true heir to the great Ruth Rendell' (Mail on Sunday, UK). Just before Jack's mother disappeared up the road to get help, she put the eleven-year-old boy in charge of his two sister. As they wait for her on the shoulder of the road in their stifling, broken-down car, the three children bicker, whine and play I-Spy.
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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A teenage boy hunts for his mother's killer in this Man Booker Prize-longlisted novel by ';the true heir to the great Ruth Rendell' (Mail on Sunday, UK). Just before Jack's mother disappeared up the road to get help, she put the eleven-year-old boy in charge of his two sister.
Snap features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Fiction
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Snap was written by Belinda Bauer and published by Grove Atlantic
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