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Acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 30, 1971. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He has written dozens of short stories and many novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. An award-winning film adaptation of this work was released in 2008. In 2015 his title, A History of Lonelines made The New Zealand Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas… (more)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 14,346 copies, 844 reviews
The Heart's Invisible Furies 2,125 copies, 144 reviews
The Absolutist 879 copies, 61 reviews
This House is Haunted 798 copies, 70 reviews
A Ladder to the Sky 790 copies, 57 reviews
The House of Special Purpose 783 copies, 54 reviews
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain 590 copies, 28 reviews
Mutiny on the Bounty 480 copies, 36 reviews
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave 463 copies, 25 reviews
A History of Loneliness 430 copies, 33 reviews
Noah Barleywater Runs Away 386 copies, 23 reviews
All the Broken Places: A Novel 326 copies, 18 reviews
The Thief of Time 315 copies, 16 reviews
Crippen: A Novel of Murder 293 copies, 20 reviews
Pinocchio (Introduction, some editions) 7,809 copies, 146 reviews
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Introduction, some editions) 3,064 copies, 43 reviews
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas [2008 film] (Original book) 254 copies, 7 reviews
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Magic!: New Fairy Tales by Irish Writers (Contributor) 17 copies, 1 review
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