Fire

<p><b>'An exhilarating read' </b><i>Spectator</i><br><b>‘Unsettling and utterly compelling’ </b><i>Woman and Home</i><br><b>‘incredibly well-written’ </b><i>Good Housekeeping</i><br><b>'Hypnotically clean, clear prose... powerful and memorable'</b> <i>Irish Times</i><br><b>'You will hurtle through the book, because it is such a compelling story'</b><i> Irish Examiner</i><br><b>______</b><br><br><b>From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?</b><br><br>On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness.<br><br>Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become – or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being?<br><br>In <i>Fire</i>, John Boyne takes the reader on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture – or nature?<br><b>______<br><br>Praise for John Boyne</b><br><br><b>'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature'</b> Colum McCann<br><b>'Among the world's greatest storytellers'</b> Donal Ryan<br><b>'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' </b><i>Observer<br><br><br>Irish Times</i> bestseller, May 2024</p>