Blackbirds, Wolters-Noordhoff
Groningen, 1996
First Published in 1971



Setting :
The story takes place in the sixties around Warings, a gloomy old house at the edge of the town of Derne.

Time :
The story covers about two summer months.

Structure :
The story is told in a chronological order. It’s a novel of character with many thriller-like elements in it.

Perspective :
The story is told by someone outside the story who knows everything about everybody.

Characterization :
Edmund Hooper. A hard, selfish, terribly cruel child who will do literally anything to keep “Warings” to himself. He terrorizes Kingshaw to such an extent that the latter kills himself in the end. His father thinks that he he has the same coldness as his late wife. He is a flat character.
Charles Kingshaw. A lonely, sensitive boy who feels that there is no place for him at “Warings”. He only feels at home at school and that too is...








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