This novel is surprising, refreshing and original. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize, and it is easy to see why: it explores an unusual and disturbing situation, and is written with a really imaginative command of the language.Concisely, the story opens with the five year old narrator, Jack, living in a single locked room with his Ma. For Jack, this is The World, but we adult readers are soon shown that Ma...