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The Penalty | 
 enlarge | Author: Mal Peet
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 20568
Media: Paperback
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1844280993
EAN: 9781844280995
ASIN: 1844280993
Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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Not really a football book despite the title! September 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first encountered Mal Peet's writing when I was given a copy of 'Keeper' some years ago. I was immediately struck by the author's vivid descriptions of the dreams and aspirations of a poor boy with a passion for football, set against a backdrop of deforestation in Latin America. This novel is very different in content but retains Keeper's direct prose and earthy descriptions of the ironies of life. Penalty has a dual-narrative which touches on slavery and exploitation, as well as Peet's recurring themes of dreams, reality and old magic. Written primarily for teenagers but with a style that is at times quite adult in it's directness, the story quickly establishes a pace and draws the reader in without gimmicks. It certainly left me wanting more - Tamar here I come!
Pure storytelling. March 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Peet's writing has one very distinctive characteristic - he tells an unstoppable story. The style is sparce, yet oh so fluid, and one finds oneself swept away in blissful storytelling, as appreciated by last year's Carnegie medal panel, (Peet's 'Tamar' romped home with the prize)
The Penalty takes us into the dark heart of South American football and the mysterious disappearance of the young genuis "El Brujito". Sports journalist Paul Faustino, in a reluctant search for the boy, finds himself drawn deeper into a web of corruption and a legacy of slavery and black magic......
Fautino's practical and cynical outlook is very reminiscent of Chandler's Philip Marlowe and as such, can hardly fail to engage. This book is one of the greatest pieces of magical storytelling I've ever come across (and Tamar and Keeper would also be up there too). Can't rate it highly enough.
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