Ben in the World

<p><strong>Far from resting on her laurels Lessing goes from strength to strength. Ben's half-human ignorance paranoia and rage are magnificently imagined and vividly present on every page. The condition of the outsider has hardly ever before in fiction been portrayed with such raw power and righteous anger. Few if any living writers can have explored so many forbidding fictional worlds with such passion and conviction. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong>The poignant and tragic sequel to Doris Lessing's bestselling novel THE FIFTH CHILD.</strong></p><p>At eighteen Ben is in the world but not of it. He is too large too awkward too inhumanly made. Now estranged from his family he must find his own path in life. From London and the south of France to Brazil and the mountains of the Andes. Ben is tossed about in a tumultuous search for his people a reason for his being. How the world receives him and he fares in it will horrify and captivate until the novel's dramatic finale.</p>