Published by Black Swan, part of Transworld Publishers
Format: Paperback
£7.99
Author:
John Boyne
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780552776158
£7.99
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EAN: 9780552776158
Published: 14 Apr 2011
Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he's lived several lives well. Because Matthew Zela's life is characterised by one amazing fact: his body stopped ageing before the end of the eighteenth century.
Starting in 1758, a young Matthieu flees Paris after witnessing his mother's brutal murder. His only companions are his younger brother Tomas and one true love, Dominique Sauvet. The story of his life takes us from the French Revolution to 1920s Hollywood, from the Great Exhibition to the Wall Street Crash, and by the end of the twentieth century, Matthieu has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and much more besides.
Brilliantly weaving history and personal experience, this is a dazzling story of love, murder, missed chances, treachery - and redemption.
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An extraordinary début
- Sunday Express
A minor masterpiece
- Time Out
Boyne should be congratulated for his spirited take on an old theme
- Guardian
Boyne is a skilful storyteller, expertly weaving differing stories together
- Sunday Tribune
John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971 and is the author of six novels. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas won two Irish Book Awards, was shortlisted for the British Book Award and has recently been made into a Miramax feature film. His novels are published in over 30 languages and his new novel, The Absolutist, is published is 2011. He lives in Dublin.
www.johnboyne.com
