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Sat 07 Jul 2010An uncompromising novel of alarming power
FICTION:
Forgetting Zoe, By Ray Robinson Heinemann 277pp, £12.99
It’s the ultimate nightmare, imprisonment. But in the case of Zoë Nielsen it was not just another bad dream: it happened. She was 10 when it all began, when she had the bad luck to fall within the gaze of Thurman Hayes, a man living out his own horror story. Set in the US, Ray Robinson’s third novel draws on real events in a narrative of alarming power. Among the most impressive voices of Britain’s younger generation, Robinson is an uncompromising witness.
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