If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. Once Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of...

Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero. Rewarded with the position of bodyguard...

Berlin 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates and his family is being moved to a desolate new place with a fence as far as he can see. Unabridged. 4 CDs. von Boyne,...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas von Boyne, John

Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there...

Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion. von Boyne, John

Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 full of ambition and hope. Forty years later, he has seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed and young lives destroyed, and he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a...

Portsmouth 1787: John Jacob Turnstile ist gerade mal 14, ein Meister in Taschendiebstahl und so einigen anderen Gaunereien. Sein Leben ändert sich schlagartig, als er eines Tages erwischt wird. Doch statt im Gefängnis, landet er auf der...

The Absolutist: A Novel by the Author of the Heart's Invisible Furies von Boyne, John

John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. Perhaps best known for his 2006 multi-award-winning book The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas,...

Ein neuer Roman von Bestsellerautor John Boyne Es gibt sie, diese winzigen Momente, die ein Leben für immer verändern. Für Danny und seine Familie kommt ein solcher Moment, als Dannys Mutter einen kleinen Jungen mit dem Auto anfährt....

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting,...