The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Truly the best of John Boyne - hilarious, touching and deeply sad The Heart's Invisible Furies is the breakout book Boyne was born to write
Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life.
Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or so his parents are constantly reminding him. Adopted as a baby, he’s never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son. But it is all he has ever known.
And so begins one man’s desperate search to find his place in the world. Unspooling and unseeing, Cyril is a misguided, heart-breaking, heartbroken fool. Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself, but when opportunity knocks, will he have the courage, finally, take it?
Format: Paperback | 736 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.7 x 3.2 | 594g -
Publication Date: 02 Jan 2018
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Black Swan
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 1784161004
ISBN13: 9781784161002
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks; a minor crease on the top-left corner of the back cover; a thin strip of the laminating has come unstuck along the bottom of the front cover; and a tiny puncture the size of the head of a needle on the top of the front cover, which has also punctured through the next 5 pages, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. Minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and very minimal writing in margins in pencil only. No missing pages.