‘Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last’ - Sunday Express
‘An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner’ - Donal Ryan
‘Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed, humming with tension’ - Guardian
‘You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel’ - John Irving
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From the author of the worldwide bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, comes his stunning and powerful sequel. Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman living a quiet life. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most importantly, she doesn’t talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.
When a new family moves into the apartment below her, Gretel can’t help but befriend their young son, Henry, although his presence brings back painful memories. One night, she witnesses a violent argument between his parents, which threatens to disrupt her hard-won peace.
For the second time in her life, Gretel has the chance to save a young boy. To do so will alleviate her guilt, sorrow, and remorse, but she will also be forced to reveal her true identity. Will she make a different choice this time, whatever the cost to herself?
John Boyne's new novel, FIRE, is available now.
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Praise for John Boyne
‘A magician of storytelling’ - Daily Express
‘One of Ireland’s best novelists’ - Sunday Express
‘Boyne delivers writing with depth and beauty’ - Observer
‘John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction’ - John Irving
Pages: 384, Dimensions: 12.7x12.7cm
