Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children''s Czar by the new government. He sells his flat and moves up north to take up the position. However before his first salary cheque has even hit his bank account, new priorities are set for the government department for which he works. The Children''s czar network is put on hold but it is too late to reverse the decision to employ Norman. So he is given a P.A. and a spacious office in a new business park on the banks of the Tyne. He settles down in his new leather chair behind his new desk, to wait for the green light to begin his mission. The green light never comes. What does happen is that two children go missing. As Children''s Czar, surely this case should fall within his remit, but Norman has built a career on doing nothing, on stamping pieces of paper with ''send to the relevant department''. Now, faced with a campaigning journalist and a distraught mother, he is forced to become involved. The search will take him to dark places and will make him ask questions about the system he is supposed to uphold.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Weidenfield & Nicolson (Orion
ISBN: 9780297867470
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 30/01/2013
Año de edición: 2013
Plaza de edición: London
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Escrito por Paul Torday
Paul Torday (1946). Va estudiar Literatura anglesa al Pembroke College dOxford. Ha passat la major part de la seva vida treballant en la indústria, però els darrers tres anys ha trobat temps per escriure. Viu a Northumberland, on sol dedicar-se a la pesca del salmó, i ha visitat el Pròxim Orient en diverses ocasions. Aquesta és la seva primera novel·la.