THE BOY WHO SAW TOMORROW

by Ian Niall ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 31, 1953

A story of a frightened boy- and his frightening gift of prevision -- has a telling to tragic impact as the fear of the unknown, and the unaccountable, isolates him in a suspicious world. Jimmy Marsel's first vision of the drowning of old, mad Mr. Ravenson is disbelieved and dismissed as nonsense by his parents, and when it occurs- only his grandmother understands the ""great long, lonely road"" which lies ahead of him. The premonition of a fire in his father's workshop is bruited about the village before it comes to pass- and when it does, his father is accused of arson and jailed. His dreams continue when he is sent to stay with an uncle and aunt and the boy is haunted by the disasters which impend. His last prophetic dream of the charabanc which crashes at the foot of the hill- in which he is one of the passengers- is fulfilled and ends his short, sad life.... The simple characters and rough speech of No Resting Place and The Deluge (Knopf) do not have the rather grimy realism of the earlier books, and the boy lends a further softening touch to a special situation which has its own fascination.

Pub Date: Aug. 31, 1953

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1953

Categories: FICTION