As ACHUKA followers know, I have long been an enthusiastic fan of Malorie Blackman and of Noughts And Crosses in particular, so it is gratifying in the extreme to see her getting the recognition and feature-length exposure she deserves.
This long interview-cum-review by Amanda Craig, accompanied in the print edition by a full-page photograph of Malorie Blackman, is highly recommended.
"Filled with love, sorrow, suffering and stinging satire on injustice, Noughts & Crosses is a remarkable novel, not least in tackling the subject of race with brilliant simplicity. Every page shocks; Knife Edge, the sequel, is no less impressive. The style is simple and direct, but the ramifications of what it describes are thought out in devastating detail. Children?s fiction has long been the repository of great satirical writing, but Blackman?s trilogy takes it into levels unseen since Orwell?s Nineteen Eighty-Four." AMANDA CRAIG
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