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Book Description
The incredibly moving story of a young WWI soldier, Tristan Sadler, returning letters written to his best friend, Will Bancroft, to the dead boy's family. Through the conversations with the family and through flashbacks, we learn how and why Will was shot for laying down his arms on the front line. Continue
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independent published on Tue, 7 Jun 2011
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THE ABSOLUTIST
By James Walton Last updated at 6:01 PM on 19th May 2011 John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, set in Auschwitz, was one of those books for younger readers that deservedly appealed to grown-ups too. His new novel has many of the same qualities ... (read full critics)
dailymail published on Fri, 20 May 2011
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- English Books
- Hardcover 496 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 038561604X
- ISBN-13: 9780385616041
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Pub date: May 12, 2011
- Also available as: eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780385616041 | Hardcover | $27.35 | $20.51 | The Book Depository |
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The Absolutist, by John Boyne
The Irish author John Boyne does not spare his readers. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas had a German concentration-camp setting. Now The Absolutist takes place in the trenches of the First World War, an earlier manifestation of hell on Earth. Compound ... (read full critics)