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Ray has attempted to reinvent himself under a new identity after serving prison time. blackbird david harrower pdf
The action of the play is a raw, tense, and wordy confrontation as Una forces Ray to confront their past. She asks him bluntly, "How many other 12-year-olds have you had sex with?". Ray insists his feelings for Una were genuine and claims he is not a pedophile, stating, "I was never one of them. I was never that.". Una, for her part, grapples with intensely conflicting emotions, oscillating between anger, curiosity, confusion, and a persistent, troubling attachment to the man she once loved and believed loved her. Blackbird is published by (in the UK) and