The Cement Garden

The story covers a few months in the life of Jack, one of four children in a dysfunctional family. The first signs of a this family's dark secrets are the sexual games the teenage siblings play with each other. The death of their father and not long afterwards their mother, bring them to darker deeds which echo the depravity of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Jack lives through these months in an agony of loneliness and confusion, not knowing how to communicate with his sisters or ask for help as manhood approaches.

Softcover. English. Vintage. 2006. 138 pp. In fair/good condition. Book No: 10028259