Where Are the Kings

A$35 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

From the multiple award-winning, No 1 bestseller Donal Ryan, an unforgettable, intensely moving and uplifting novel about a young boy coming of age. No one captures the poetry of ordinary lives like Donal Ryan. Tender, moving, full of warmth, crackling with humour and the love of family, the exquisite new novel from the author of HEART BE AT PEACE. A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB BOOK 'Beautiful, hilarious and completely gripping' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Handmade God 'I loved it from the first word to the last' Kit de Waal, author of The Best of Everything 'A beautiful book. And wise. And tender. And funny' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life 'Made me laugh and cry in equal measure' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things *** Something terrible has happened to Jack but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they can't seem to tell him anything about their own sister or why Jack doesn't feel sad for her in the way he should, or why Grandad tries to shoot Jack's dad when he gets out of the hospital. Still, there's work to be done in the oily wonderland of his uncles' garage; there's his beautiful aunt Rose to hypnotise him and his loving grandparents to console him; then there's JJ, who wants to fight him one day and save him the next. But with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, it is difficult for Jack to understand the person he is becoming. How can

  • Binding: Hardcover

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