Shy Av Max (Author) Porter

<p><b><br>From the bestselling author of <i>Grief is the Thing with </i><i>Feathers </i>and <i>Lanny</i>, <i>Shy </i>is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.</b><br><br>''Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.'' George Saunders <br>''Beautiful and haunting.'' Kevin Barry <br>''The strangest, most beguiling and affecting of all his books.'' Ian Rankin<br>''A miracle of language.'' <i>Irish Times </i><br><b><br>This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy.</b><br><br><i>You mustn¿t do that to yourself Shy. You mustn¿t hurt yourself like that.</i><br><br>He is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him.<br><br><i>Got your special meds, nutcase?</i><br><br>He is escaping Last Chance, a home for ¿very disturbed young men¿, and walking into the haunte