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|title=Redemptor Domus
|author=Gamelyn Chase
|reviewer=Luke Marlowe|genre=Literary General Fiction|summary=A dark tale of maturity set in an exclusive religious school, ''Redemptor Domus'' is a dark, difficult, but ultimately compelling read that utilised a wide range of language to immerse the reader in a specific time and place.|rating=4|buy=Maybe|borrow=Yes
|pages=432
|publisher=TroubadorPublishing
|date=April 2018
|isbn=978-1789010091
|website=|video=https://www.redemptordomus.com/
|cover=1789010098
|aznuk=1789010098
|aznus=1789010098
}}A young boy arrives at an exclusive faith school on the scenic North Wales coast, sent far from his father in the Far East. As the boy travels to the school, he discovers that his father has been killed in an air crash while fleeing from the Chinese communist army in Manchuria. The boy then arrives at the school a vulnerable orphan, with an uncertain future. Plunged into a school that has changed little since his father's time, the boy is seen as a trophy by friends and enemies alike. With them locked into their scheming and plotting, it comes to the boy to attempt to clean up the pit of filth that the school has become. Born into a Catholic family, author Gamelyn Chase shunned religion at an early age and later travelled the world as a merchant navy officer. An aspiring target rifleman, he's regularly to be found practising on the ranges at Bisley, and ''Redemptor Domus'' is his first novel. Rereading a book by French author Roger Peyrefitte, ''Special Friendships'', author Gamelyn Chase found himself admiring the strong prose and interesting setting of the book, but despairing of an ending which he found rather unsatisfying. This inspired him to write his own novel - a work taking elements from Peyrefitte's work, but very much its own beast. It's no small beast either - this striking book is a hefty 432 pages in hardback, and the fiery cover displays several of the themes that pervade the content within. Now, I should be clear that this isn't an easy read - heavy themes are handled here, and the book is written in an old-fashioned, slightly grand tone – which I initially struggled with, but soon settled into, and found fitted the setting and character of the book rather well -although some vocabulary choices I found rather eyebrow-raising.
You can read more about Gamelyn Chase [[:Category:Gamelyn Chase|here]].
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