Description:"'This is fiction writing of the highest order... John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John's thirteenth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is also rich in understated humour' JM Coetzee "(Hyland) brings the long-forgotten teenage sensati"'This is fiction writing of the highest order... John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John's thirteenth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is also rich in understated humour' JM Coetzee "(Hyland) brings the long-forgotten teenage sensation of drowning in life's uncomprehended complexities horribly alive." The Times "Hyland nails the alternation excitement and embarrassment of being a teenager... a talented writer." New York Times "Lou is a heartbreaking and compelling creation, and Hyland beautifully captures the self-dramatising yet meek voice of a 16-year-old girl." Observer"... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Canongate Books Ltd Release date : 6 April 2006 ISBN-10 : 1841957348 |
ISBN-13: 9781921145094
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