In
this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories,
John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its
brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which
they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go
to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to
protect ourselves.
Drawing on a host of enthralling characters –
a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good
parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a
hitman – Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice
or judgement.
This, his first collection of short stories, is
some of John Boyne’s finest writing to date. It includes ‘Rest Day’
which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.
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