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Boy A
Jonathan Trigell
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Description for Boy A
Paperback. At 24, Jack is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. Can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
WINNER OF THE WORLD BOOK DAY - BOOKS TO TALK ABOUT PRIZE 2008 WINNER OF THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE 2005 WINNER OF THE WAVERTON GOOD READ PRIZE 2005 ?A is for Apple. A bad apple.? Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely ... Read more
WINNER OF THE WORLD BOOK DAY - BOOKS TO TALK ABOUT PRIZE 2008 WINNER OF THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE 2005 WINNER OF THE WAVERTON GOOD READ PRIZE 2005 ?A is for Apple. A bad apple.? Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846686627
SKU
V9781846686627
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About Jonathan Trigell
Jonathan Trigell was born in 1974 and has lived in Hertfordshire, Manchester, Derby and Stone. In 2002 he completed an MA in creative writing at Manchester University. He has been a TV extra, an outdoor pursuits instructor and a door to door salesman; plus has worked right across the winter sports industry, from mopping floors and washing dishes ... Read more
Reviews for Boy A
Creepy and involving... From the beginning, Trigell weaves a sense of drama and a disturbing feeling of inevitability
Independent
Trigell brilliantly depicts the pressures of living with a terrible secret... written with a naive clarity which evokes the unfamiliar wonders of the outside world
Guardian
A challenging novel of atrocity and redemption... [A] fast-paced, thought provoking ... Read more
Independent
Trigell brilliantly depicts the pressures of living with a terrible secret... written with a naive clarity which evokes the unfamiliar wonders of the outside world
Guardian
A challenging novel of atrocity and redemption... [A] fast-paced, thought provoking ... Read more