The demented dance - Mounsi

Tarik is only a young boy, but his life is already so bleak he sometimes doubts his own existence. When his father loses his job, things go from bad to worse, as the old man takes up drink and then loses his mental stability. When Tarik is taken into care, he soon lets the miseries of his life seep into his behaviour, taking up stealing, joyriding and hanging with a tough crew. A disturbing look at a marginal, desolate life, this book captures a sense of longing and despair as expressed through this innocent victim of an indifferent, lonely world.