''Child's Play'' is a 2009
novel
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British-Asian
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author
Kia Abdullah
Kia Abdullah (born 17 May 1982) is a British novelist and travel writer. She is the best-selling author of courtroom dramas ''Take It Back'' (HarperCollins, 2019), ''Truth Be Told'' (HarperCollins, 2020), ''Next of Kin'' (HarperCollins, 2021) a ...
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Plot
A psychological crime thriller, Child's Play follows the story of 25-year-old Allegra Ashe who, after a chance encounter with an alluring stranger, is recruited into 'Vokoban', a covert government unit that uses a mysterious new law to chase and convict paedophiles. Allegra becomes deeply involved with the unit and so begins her descent into the darkness and depravity of the human mind. As her life spirals out of control, the reader becomes a voyeur in a world of lust, danger, deceit and revenge.
The plot explores certain controversial themes such as rape and paedophilia. Having faced a degree of controversy over her first novel, ''Life, Love and Assimilation'',
Abdullah is unsure how her second novel will be received: "It's ultra violent and ultra sexual, and there are some morally ambiguous sex scenes in there, so I don't know how people will react to that," she says on her website.
She adds:
In 2011 the Telegraph commented that her two controversial novels, ''Life Love and Assimilation'' and ''Child’s Play'' drew condemnation from the British Bangladeshi community.
Writer Kia Abdullah mocks death of gap year students on Twitter
"She has published two controversial novels, Life Love and Assimilation and Child’s Play, which drew condemnation from her native British Bangladeshi community."
References
External links
Kia Abdullah's Official Site
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2009 novels
Novels about child sexual abuse