Carry Me Down by Mj Hyland

Carry Me Down by Mj Hyland

New from Walker/Canongate: the compelling story of a twelve-year-old boy whose obsession with detecting lies threatens to tear his family apart. Ireland, 1971. John Egan is a misfit, "a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth". With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John’s life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John’s mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.

"I don't think I've ever read such a true book.. A wonderful feat of the imagination." Hilary Mantel "This is a gripping read. Hyland has a unique and compelling style." Irish Independent

MJ Hyland was born in London to Irish parents in 1968. Until August 2005, she lived and worked in Australia, but she now lives in the UK, and has recently published her third novel. Her second novel, Carry Me Down, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and won the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore prize. She has also been appointed to the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in Creative Writing. Her work has been acclaimed by the likes of Ali Smith, Hilary Mantel and JM Coetzee, who commented, “This is fiction writing of the highest order.”

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ISBN 13	9781406341959
ISBN 10	1406341959
Title	Carry Me Down
Author	M J Hyland
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Walker Books Ltd
Year published	2012-06-07
Number of pages	336
Prizes	Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book 2007, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006
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