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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this.

Hers is a life founded on darkness. Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult...

But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy...

Vom Leben mit der Schuld und dem Ende der Zeitzeugenschaft

Gretel Fernsby lebt seit Jahrzehnten in ihrer Londoner Wohnung. Sie führt ein ruhiges Leben, trotz ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit. Über ihre Flucht aus Deutschland vor über siebzig Jahren spricht sie nicht. Vor allem aber verliert sie kein Wort über ihren Vater, der Kommandant in einem Konzentrationslager war. Als eine junge Familie in die Wohnung unter ihr zieht, weckt der neunjährige Henry Erinnerungen, die sie lieber vergessen würde. Eines Nachts wird sie Zeugin eines Streits zwischen Henrys Mutter und...

Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.

But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this...

The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history

Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to "the good."

Forty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish people's faith in the Catholic Church. He sees his friends stand trial, colleagues...