Atlantic Island

Tony Duvert's eighth novel, Atlantic Island (1979), is a radical rejection of conventional middle-class values, as a group of children on a remote island express their frustrations with parental authority and other bourgeoisie practices through a series of nighttime burglaries. The story is slow in spots and its themes are often exaggerated (e.g., the petty thefts gradually become more disruptive to the point that they claim a life), but the powerlessness and resentment of childhood are conveyed in an intense way.