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The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky Ken Dornstein

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky By Ken Dornstein

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky by Ken Dornstein


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'Exciting, astonishing, moving, profound.' Daily Mail" Book of the WeekHeartrending, uplifting and thought-provoking memoir for the reading-group market.

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky Summary

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky by Ken Dornstein

On December 21, 1989, David Dornstein died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland. He left behind a younger brother, Ken, desperate to understand his death, and pick up the pieces of what he left behind. But far from being a simple rescue mission, Ken's quest became a labour of love, an obsession, and an emotional journey to much stranger places than he ever could have imagined ! A heartrending, profoundly moving memoir with the narrative pull of a detective story.'What an expressive range Dornstein has! Humour, absurdity, bathos, drama, tragedy, excitement -- he combines them all in this shocking, complex and profoundly thoughtful study of loss and survival' Alexander Masters (author of Stuart: A Life Backwards")'Mesmerising' New York Times"'Fascinating' Esquire"

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky Reviews

"'What an expressive range Dornstein has! Humour, absurdity, bathos, drama, tragedy, excitement - he combines them all in this shocking, complex and profoundly thoughtful study of loss and survival' Alexander Masters (author of Stuart: A Life Backwards) 'Mesmerising' New York Times 'Fascinating' Esquire * 'Heartbreaking' Sunday Telegraph Heartrending, uplifting and thought-provoking memoir for the reading-group market. * 'It's a compelling, sad, thoughtful book, and I'm glad I picked it up' NICK HORNBY * 'A memoir-cum-investigation that soars above its basis in personal tragedy to become a stunning portrait of a tragically flawed man... with all the linear intrigue of a Paul Auster novel... Involving, moving and Impeccable' - Metro (5 *****) * 'It's a compelling, sad, thoughtful book, and I'm glad I picked it up' - NICK HORNBY * 'Intimate and extraordinary... highly affecting... utterly absorbing' - Time Out Book of the Week (5 *****) * 'Heartbreaking' - Sunday Telegraph * 'Unusual and unforgettable: a heartfelt but unsentimental honouring of his brother' - Herald"

About Ken Dornstein

Ken Dornstein is a series editor on PBS America and has written for the New Yorker. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.

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GOR003205825
9780340899687
0340899689
The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky by Ken Dornstein
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
2007-02-08
368
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