John Boyne

That's it for this week's edition of The Book Shelf.

Next time, Emily St. John Mandel's Exit Party, John Boyne's The Weight of Angels, and Keenan Oren's The Renovation, another one for the Booker long list.

So it's goodbye from me.

And it's goodbye from me.

Yeah.

And yeah, so I found, and that's something that happens in these books by John Boyne, which I read recently.

There's a similar interaction that having observed this kind of in the wild, I felt, Yeah, it really resonated with me, this wealth in class.

You know, I'm really deeply interested in it, much more so than almost any other social issue.

I would have known David Bruton's uncle...

Of course, that's the John Boyne name, isn't it? No, no, no, no.

They're from Westmead.

Okay.

So it's called The Heart's Invisible Furies.

It's by John Boyne.

And it's basically like Angela's Ashes meets The Goldfinch.

And it's sort of a tome about a kid that grew up in 1950s Ireland to a single mother who And all the things that happened to him, funnily enough, around when he's a kid, he's living in like still like 60s, 70s, very Catholic Ireland.

I'm looking forward to that one too, Cassie.

Yes, one to put on your list.

John Boynes, The Weight of Angels, another Irish writer.

The Heart's Invisible Furies may be one of his most famous.

This one is an alternative life of Oscar Wilde.

But interestingly, we also met with a very successful author.

I think his name is John Boyne.

He wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and other best-selling novels and wonderful novels.

actually.

Absolutely loved it.

The Weight of Angels by John Boyne.

Who we all know I love, but I don't know.

This particular premise is not grabbing me.

Amy, what did you choose as your final favorite?

Okay, my final favorite is The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, and this really represents my favorite book from one of my very favorite authors.

And I have recommended this book to everybody, and I bought it as gifts.

It, and I just adored it.

Okay, great.

Okay, let's recap real quick.

The books you loved were Challenger by Adam Higginbotham, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, and The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne.

Jabbercrow by Wendell Berry was not for you, and lately you've enjoyed Ann Patchett's Whistler, Katherine Stockett's The Calamity Club, and Jon of Jon by Douglas Stuart.

I'll take the clue for the second part.

Your clue for the second part, a heartbreaking story from author John Boyne.

Okay.

Well, to not prolong this anythi- a- a- any further, I'm just gonna tap because I have no idea about either side of this.