I bought an audio version of this book narrated by the brilliant Tom Hollander. It is a splendid production with a simple plot brought to life by the brilliant JK Rawling. She is definitely the Prophetess of the have-not, downtrodden population of Great Britain. The story kept me on the edge of my seat with numerous twists in the plot of middle class or working class people at loggers with the scums of the society, the junkies and fallen of modern Britain. The main question which Rawling asks is whether it is right of the junkies to avail themselves to benefits or should they be left to their own devices? But then, just whose fault is it that they turned out they way they have? Can we judge anyone without giving him/her a fair trail? Do they expect the sympathy of the workers? Do they deserve another chance? Rawling then goes and paints a complex picture of many a life of the fallen junkies which left no doubt in my mind that it is not their fault as they are desperately trying to survive and strive for respect within the context of their lives.
'In trying to save him she had him killed.' Is it right for a sixteen year old girl to put under so much pressure that she literally cracks? is it her fault if her mother is a prostitute and a druggie who cannot look after her younger brother? Is it her fault if she is raped by her mother's only regular boyfriend? Where can she go? To the social worker who is only really interested in her own career? Or to the many relatives who want nothing to do with her because of her mother bad reputation? It is indeed a story which maybe truly reflects the reality of modern Britain. Well done madame, you have written brilliantly.
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