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The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne

Cyril is born to an unmarried mother in 1945 Ireland, adopted by an odd Dublin couple, and spends seventy years trying to live openly in a country that won't let him

  • Literary fiction
  • Heartbreaking
  • Funny
  • Identity & belonging
  • Forbidden love
  • Slow & immersive
  • Long read
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