John Boyne has become internationally known for his acclaimed novels Crippen and the bestselling The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Now, for the first time in the United States, comes the book that started the career of the author that the Irish Examiner calls "one of the best and original of the new generation of Irish writers."

It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder of his mother and his stepfather's execution. Matthieu's life is characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century and the ripe old age of 256 he is suddenly forced to answer an uncomfortable question: what is the worth of immortality without love?

In this carefully crafted novel, John Boyne juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world, weaving together portraits of 1920s Hollywood, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the French Revolution, the Wall Street Crash, and other landmark events into one man's story of murder, love, and redemption.

I hope you like it!

I received this in the post today from Janice. Thank you so much Deepswamp for this and the lovely bag that came with it. Coincidently I am currently reading The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne so I certainly look forward to reading this in due course.

Another excellent novel from John Boyne. I have now added him to my list of favourite authors. Thank you again Deepswamp.

Posting to Tanamo.

Book safely received in Hinckley. Thank you very much for this and also the lovely labels you included.

Book safely arrived in Hinckley. Thank you very much for this and also for the lovely labels you included in the parcel.

A very clever book though I sometimes found it unbelievable that the secret of the main character's longevity was kept so well. However, I loved that he eventually decided to do something for someone other than himself and I loved the ending.

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Mailed to another bookcrosser via the wishlist tag game.

thanks for this wishlistbook.