The Booktopia Book Guru asks John Boyne author of The Absolutist, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Noah Barleywater Runs Away and more Ten Terrifying Questions, again. ———————— 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Dublin, Ireland and [...]
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The book is dead. Long live the book, says John Purcell
The book is terminally ill, say those in the know, and lies near death in a private hospital plugged into a life support machine and surrounded by close friends and relatives. Right now, across the world commentators are drafting moving eulogies. Commemorative plates and tea towels are being made. Songs are being written. A mini-series [...]
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