Beneath the Earth

Author(s): John Boyne

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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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In this, his first short story collection, John Boyne examines the human condition in some of his finest writing to date.

John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of nine novels for adults and four for younger readers, including the international bestsellers The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which has sold more than six million copies worldwide, The Absolutist and, most recently, The Boy at the Top of a Mountain. His novels are published in over forty-five languages. He is married and lives in Dublin. www.johnboyne.com @john_boyne

General Fields

  • : 9780857523419
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : Doubleday
  • : 0.36
  • : July 2015
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : September 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Boyne
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback
  • : Sep-15
  • : Sep-15
  • : English
  • : English
  • : 813.6
  • : 813.6
  • : 304
  • : 304