Books like Gulf by Robert Westall
Tom Higgins is a typical British schoolboy caught in the midst of the Persian Gulf War. As hostilities rage on, he observes his younger brother struggling with a baffling mental illness or so-called "mystery of nature." The affected child, driven by his condition, assumes the identity of an Iraqi, blurring lines between reality and imagination. Through Tom’s perspective, the novel explores the impact of war on family dynamics and the fragile line between normalcy and psychosis.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Robert Westall
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