Carry Me Down

Name: Carry Me Down
Author: Maria Hyland

Auteur: Maria Hyland

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Maria Hyland Maria Hyland

Engels
Paperback
9781841959061
01 maart 2007
336 pagina's

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Maria Hyland

MJ Hyland was born in London to Irish parents in 1968. She studied law and English at the University of Melbourne, and is the author of two previous novels, HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN, and CARRY ME DOWN, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Award. Hyland now lives in Manchester.

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Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'.

"I don't think I've ever read such a true book . . . A wonderful feat of imagination." Hilary Mantel

John Egan has a gift. He can tell when people are lying. Hoping that this talent will bring him fame, he has written to
the Guinness Book of Records. But while he waits for a letter in return, his obsession with uncovering the truth begins to threaten his already fragile family.

"Enthralling and absorbing." Observer

"This is fiction-writing of the highest order . . . The story of John Egan's twelfth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is also rich in understated humour." J.M. Coetzee

"An unputdownable read." Scotsman

"Remarkable . . . Convincing, oddly sympathetic and always compelling, this is a novel of dark truths." Irish Times

"Uncompromising, unputdownable . . . a work of discreet brilliance. M.J. Hyland is a truly gifted writer." Ali Smith

Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him.

During one year in John's life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John's mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 maart 2007
Aantal pagina's: 336
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Maria Hyland
Tweede Auteur: Maria Hyland
Hoofduitgeverij: CANO

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Originele titel: Carry Me Down

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Editie: Main
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 20 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 130 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm
Verpakking lengte: 197 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 246 g

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EAN: 9781841959061

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