The Tin Moon

Book Details

Library

Author

Stephen Lacey

Category

General Fiction

Publisher

Sim & Schuster

Printed By

Griffin Press

Country

Australia

Personal

Year Published

2002

Date Read

01/08/2006

ISBN

0731811194

Personal Rating

5/5

Binding

Paperback

Purchase

Pages

300

Acquired from 

Marlborough Library

Overview

Jimmy Smith runs like the wind, sings like an angel and wears a gas mask in his fathers Valiant. He knows the winner of every Melbourne Cup, eats Choo Choo Bars and tends to his ant farm. Jimmy lives with his extended family in the country village of Point Henry. It's 1969. Neil Armstrong has just landed on the moon and the Vietnam War is raging on television sets across the world. But Jimmy is concerned with matters closer to home... the 'city people' are coming, bringing their pole houses and cul-de-sacs with them.

When they aren't wreaking havoc on the village and its people, Jimmy and his friends are trying to make sense of parents, teachers and the hippies who live in a bus on the waterfront.

Comment

This book is one of the best surprises this year. The rambling story of a ten year old bounces from one antic to another, diverting through half a dozen anecdotes on the way. I love the style of writing and the way Jimmy relates things that an adult wouldn't notice.

This book was one of the most enjoyable I've read in a long time.