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Shy
The inspiration for the major film 'Steve'
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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY 'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' GEORGE SAUNDERS 'Beautiful and haunting.' KEVIN BARRY 'The strangest, most beguiling and affecting of all his books.' IAN RANKIN 'A miracle of...
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The number one Sunday Times bestseller Shy, from the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.
The number one Sunday Times bestseller Shy, from the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.
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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY
'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' GEORGE SAUNDERS
'Beautiful and haunting.' KEVIN BARRY
'The strangest, most beguiling and affecting of all his books.' IAN RANKIN
'A miracle of language.' IRISH TIMES
This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a teenage boy.
He is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him.
He is feeling a little sorry for himself.
Shy is a novel about imagination, guilt and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.
'Contemporary fiction's bard of ugly beauty and exultant despair.' NEW YORKER
'An act of humanity and grace, heightened by its distinctive form and artistry.' TELEGRAPH
Max Porter's book Shy was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571377312
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 125g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Max Porter is the author of The Death of Francis Bacon, Lanny, a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller and longlisted for the Booker Prize, and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize. He is the recipient of the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award. His work has been translated into thirty-three languages.
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