The God Boy
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The God Boy is a 1957 New Zealand novel by Ian Cross that follows a troubled Catholic schoolboy in a small town, exploring themes of family dysfunction, religion, and adolescence.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The God Boy canonical | 1 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificanceIn | New Zealand literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
Catholic guilt
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adolescence ⓘ domestic violence ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ mental breakdown ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| mainCharacterReligion | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of modern New Zealand fiction
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portrayal of a disturbed child narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Catholic schoolboy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small New Zealand town ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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