In fact it is on the required reading list for some high schools and universities.ĭuring the course of the story Peekay meets a witch doctor, a German botanist, a Jewish Teacher and her father, a librarian, several black workers on the South African train system, a prison guard, a prisoner, boxers, born again Christians, a black activist, a Russian copper mine worker and an assortment of other characters both good and bad but always helpful in the development of his character. This makes this book a good read for students who are bullied and for those that bully. Many of them are wonderful role models for Peekay, some are brutal.Īt the age of four he is sent to a boarding school where he undergoes nothing short of torture. His mother suffers from mental health issues and is institutionalized, his father is never mentioned, his grandfather assumes care for him and he meets and interacts with a host of colourful (pun definitely intended) characters. The main character Peekay, short for Pisskoff, a taunting nickname given because he wets his bed, is an English child who is wet nursed and raised by a black nanny until the age of 4.
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