The World of Violence Chan Ho-Kei Amy Harper Bellafonte is six

Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world

Before dawn breaks

When the ship is requisitioned to transport troops to the Falklands and she volunteers to go along

As she is plunged further away from civilisation

The World of Violence Chan Ho-Kei Amy Harper Bellafonte is sixAs a child, the brilliant mathematical prodigy Hugh Greene's two major influences were his eccentric old uncles, Nick and Sam. From Uncle Nick, Hugh learned a love of mathematics, which came to represent clarity and order, and from Uncle Sam he acquired an overwhelming fear of violence. Now seventeen and unsure of what to do with his life and whether life is even worth bothering with at all, Hugh finds his hatred of violence becoming even more intense