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An Observer, Guardian, Financial Times, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Big Issue and Strong Words Pick of the Year
'This is a book that tilts the world' STYLIST
'A gripping, heartbreaking tale of uncomfortable histories and the resilience of love' GRAHAM NORTON
'I want you to read this ... I enjoy a lot of books but few stay with me like this has' PHILIPPA PERRY
'Completely gripping and profoundly moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELL
'Very beautiful. Only a truly wise and kind person could write such a book' MAX PORTER
'Heart-wrenching ... redemptive and full of love' JOJO MOYES
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
The book that will change the way you see the world.
2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. Guaranteed.
1901. The height of the second Boer War in South Africa. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe.
Product details
| Published | 17 Jun 2019 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 9781408886090 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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There is pain on these pages and poetry too. I left this book bruised yet somehow better for it
TAYARI JONES, WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE, OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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Lean, beautiful prose … It pulls you in, breaks your heart and then ultimately repairs it
JOJO MOYES, OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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A searing debut
THE TIMES
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A stunning dissection of human barbarism … It tells a story so powerful and upsetting that it's a wonderful reminder of how fiction can illuminate the indignities visited upon those the world has mistreated and then forgotten
JOHN BOYNE, IRISH TIMES
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This is a book that tilts the world, showing how the actions of the past can never be fully escaped by the present
STYLIST
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Barr's writing has a lightness of touch and warm humour which makes it easy to root for him ... His life has become a triumph
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