- Booker Prize 2006 · Shortlist
Carry Me Down
Carry Me Down
M. J. Hyland (born 1968)
English editions
Written in EnglishCarry Me Down
Canongate · United Kingdom · 1 March 2007 · Paperback · 336 pages
Carry Me Down
Canongate · United Kingdom · 2006
Carry Me Down
Canongate U.S. · United States · 2006 · Hardcover
Carry Me Down
Canongate U.S. · United States · 28 February 2007 · Paperback · 352 pages
Carry Me Down
Text Publishing · Australia · 28 March 2016 · Paperback · 336 pages
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Ireland, 1971. John Egan is twelve but built like a man, with a booming voice, and he believes he can always spot when grown-ups are lying. He writes their lies down and hopes his talent will one day put him in the Guinness Book of World Records. In the space of one year his voice breaks, his parents' difficulties mount and family life starts to come apart, while his drive to expose the truth hardens into an obsession that turns violent and alarming. Told through his inquisitive, strange and stubbornly hopeful mind, the novel follows a boy at the edge of adolescence as his hold on his own sanity weakens and the trouble reaches his whole family.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Coming of age, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Ireland, 1970s
- First published
- 2006
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
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9781841957340 (Canongate, United Kingdom)
9781841957401 (Canongate U.S., United States)
9781841958781 (Canongate U.S., United States)
9781841959061 (Canongate, United Kingdom)
9781925355338 (Text Publishing, Australia)
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