- Social conditions, Friendship, Adoptees, Conduct of life
Adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple who remind him that he is not a real member of their family, Cyril embarks on a journey to find himself and where he came from, discovering his identity, a home, a country, and much more throughout a long lifetime.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Boyne, Jordi Cussà Balaguer
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 688
- Publisher
- Hogarth, Meulenhoff, Black Swan
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Dutch, English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9780857523488
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