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the boy next door
in bulawayo zimbabwe there is a tragedy in the house next door to lindiwe bishop her neighbor has been burned alive . the victims stepson ian mckenzie is the prime suspect but is soon released . lindiwe cant hide her fascination with this young boisterous and mysterious white man and they soon forge an unlikely closeness even as the country starts to deteriorate . br years after circumstances split them apart ian returns to a much changed zimbabwe to see lindiwe now a sophisticated impassioned young woman and discovers a devastating secret that will alter both of their futures and draw them closer together even as the world seems bent on keeping them apart . the boy next door is a moving and powerful debut about two people finding themselves and each other in a time of national upheaval .