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Blueeyedboy

Joanne Harris

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Published by Black Swan, part of Transworld Publishers

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EAN: 9780552773164
Published: 31 Mar 2011

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'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.'

Blueeyedboy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems. Told through posts on a webjournal called badguysrock, this is a thriller that makes creative use of all the multiple personalities, disguise and mind games that are offered by playing out a life on the internet.

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What the critics say

Delivers an almighty twist in the tale late on...brilliantly atmospheric and at times heartbreaking
- The Times

An ingenious, gripping read...it terrified the living daylights out of me
- Daily Express

Brilliantly written, plotted and insightful...beware unreliable narrators along with a huge plot twist at the end
- Mirror

Engrossing psychological thriller...a novel of unusual complexity...Harris, best known for Chocolat, again shows her skill and versatility
- Mail on Sunday

Beautifully written...a rewarding read
- Guardian

Deliciously brilliant
- In Style

Chilling...will keep you guessing until the end
- Psychologies

Intriguing... Real life tangles with his fantasy online world to create a heart-stopping page-turner
- Good Housekeeping

Blueeyedboy is unquestionably a masterpiece of deception and fantasy
- Oxford Times

A dark exploration into the mind of an internet-obsessed would-be killer
- Red

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About the Author

Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp) and seven other bestselling novels. Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She plays bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16, is currently studying Old Norse, and lives with her husband and daughter in Yorkshire, about 15 miles from the place she was born.