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?I can?t go back. I?d rather die?I?d rather be dead.? Neil Collins is going AWOL from his National Service ? for the third time. Twice he has served time for previous desertions and been sent back, despite being hopelessly unsuited to military life. This time, terrorized by a bullying fellow soldier determined to escape himself, Neil intends to make his escape a permanent one. He heads to London, to the dreary, claustrophobic rooms where his twin sister, Nonie, and their dying grandmother live, periodically invaded by prying neighbours, a little girl who has befriended Mrs Collins, a curious social worker, and other uninvited visitors. The Fledgeling (1958) traces the single day following Neil?s desertion, and its impacts on Neil, Nonie, the tough-as-nails Mrs Collins, and others. Each of the characters comes vividly alive in Faviell?s sensitive and observant prose. At times containing all the tension of a thriller, at others a profound drama of familial turmoil, Faviell?s third and final novel is dramatic, compelling, and emotionally wrenching. This new edition features an afterword by Frances Faviell?s s
?I can?t go back. I?d rather die?I?d rather be dead.? Neil Collins is going AWOL from his National Service ? for the third time. Twice he has served time for previous desertions and been sent back, despite being hopelessly unsuited to military life. This time, terrorized by a bullying fellow soldier determined to escape himself, Neil intends to make his escape a permanent one. He heads to London, to the dreary, claustrophobic rooms where his twin sister, Nonie, and their dying grandmother live, periodically invaded by prying neighbours, a little girl who has befriended Mrs Collins, a curious social worker, and other uninvited visitors. The Fledgeling (1958) traces the single day following Neil?s desertion, and its impacts on Neil, Nonie, the tough-as-nails Mrs Collins, and others. Each of the characters comes vividly alive in Faviell?s sensitive and observant prose. At times containing all the tension of a thriller, at others a profound drama of familial turmoil, Faviell?s third and final novel is dramatic, compelling, and emotionally wrenching. This new edition features an afterword by Frances Faviell?s s