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Carry Me Down, Now in a Young Adult edition, this heart-breaking novel set in 1971 follows one year in the life of John, a twelve year old misfit. Obsessed with the ´´Guinness Book Of Records´´ and able to detect the lies of adults, John´s mind gradually becomes unstuck through the breaking-up of his home life. Taschenbuch, 07.06.2012.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, musicogswell books & more.
Carry Me Down is an engrossing story that at its heart examines an adolescent’s difficulties navigating the world. John Egan is a misfit — a twelve-year-old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant — who diligently keeps track of the lies large and small that are told to him. John’s been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember; it’s a source of power but also great consternation for someone so young. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of World Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John remains hopeful despite the unfavorable cards life deals him. John is like a tuning fork, sensitive to the vibrations within himself and the trouble that this creates for him and his family, and when his sanity reaches near collapse, a frightening family catastrophe threatens to destroy them. Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes oddly funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster. , Hardcover, Edition: 1st, Label: Canongate U.S. Canongate U.S. Product group: Book, Published: 2006-02-17, Studio: Canongate U.S. Sales rank: 7702290.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Media Mall.
Text Publishing, 2016. Paperback. New. Winner, The Hawthornden Prize, United Kingdom Winner, The Encore Award, United Kingdom Shortlisted, Man Booker Prize Longlisted, Orange Prize for Fiction John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland.  The Guinness Book of Records  is his favourite book and he wants to visit Niagara Falls with his mother. But, more than anything, he is determined to become a world-famous lie detector, almost at any cost. Carry Me Down  is written in clean, compelling prose, and is about John's obsessive and dangerous desire to see the truth, even as his family is threatened in countless ways. In this singular tale of disturbed love every word rings true. SKU: MM-40034195; EAN: 9781925355338.

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Fiction, Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Encore Award. This edition comes with an afterword by J. M. Coetzee. John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. The Guinness Book of Records is his favourite book and he wants to visit Niagara Falls with his mother. But, more than anything, he is determined to become a world-famous lie detector, almost at any cost. Carry Me Down is written in clean, compelling prose, and is about John's obsessive and dangerous desire to see the truth, even as his family is threatened in countless ways. In this singular tale of disturbed love every word rings true. M. J. Hyland was born in London to Irish parents in 1968 and spent her early childhood in Dublin. She studied English and Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked as a lawyer for several years. Her first novel, How the Light Gets In (2003) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Age Book of the Year, and made Hyland joint winner of the Sydney Morning Herald 's Best Young Australian Novelist Award. Carry Me Down (2006) was the winner of the Encore Prize and the Hawthornden Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (2006); while Hyland's third novel This Is How was longlisted for the Orange and IMPAC literary awards. M. J. Hyland lives in Manchester, England, where she teaches in the Centre for New Writing at Manchester University. Carry Me Down is uncompromising, unputdownable and done with expert lightness. It's a work of discreet brilliance. M.J. Hyland is a truly gifted writer.' Ali Smith This is writing of the highest order.' J. M. Coetzee Hyland's talent and her power of realisation are manifest and movinga novel that will command the world's attention.' Monthly Hyland writes in unadorned, clear prose, evoking period, place and setting with intense clarity and a lovely, restrained lyricism.' Australian Carry Me Down is a heart-rendingly domestic work full of compassion for the most ordinary of our human frailties.' Age Hyland's disquieting novel is feverishly alert to childhood's bewilderments and sensitively articulates the strange osmosis between the mundane and the otherworldly.' Sunday Times, eBook.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, the_book_community.
Eleven-year-old John Egan knows he has a special gift: he can tell when people are lying. Their untruths set his eyes stinging and his stomach heaving. John thinks that one day his gift will make him famous and guarantee entry into the the Guinness Book of World Records. Until then, he has to navigate his father's anger and his mother's abrupt and confusing changes between treating him like a little boy and a then like a man. When the family is forced from their rural cottage into the council-flat slums of Dublin, John discovers that the lies that make him sick are also shielding him from the truth that threatens to destroy his family.    A portrait of a boy who is a contradiction between aching vulnerability and a menacing anger fuelled by pain, Carry Me Down is a raw, beautiful read, another intensely profound and powerful story from a writer to watch., Paperback, Label: Walker Childrens Paperbacks, Walker Childrens Paperbacks, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2012-06-07, Studio: Walker Childrens Paperbacks, Verkaufsrang: 12730393.

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Carry Me Down, Now in a Young Adult edition, this heart-breaking novel set in 1971 follows one year in the life of John, a twelve year old misfit. Obsessed with the "Guinness Book Of Records" and able to detect the lies of adults, John's mind gradually becomes unstuck through the breaking-up of his home life.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Media Mall [57912909], Fyshwick, ACT, Australia.
Winner, The Hawthornden Prize, United KingdomWinner, The Encore Award, United KingdomShortlisted, Man Booker PrizeLonglisted, Orange Prize for Fiction John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. The Guinness Book of Records is his favourite book and he wants to visit Niagara Falls with his mother. But, more than anything, he is determined to become a world-famous lie detector, almost at any cost. Carry Me Down is written in clean, compelling prose, and is about John's obsessive and dangerous desire to see the truth, even as his family is threatened in countless ways. In this singular tale of disturbed love every word rings true.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, HPB-Emerald, TX, Dallas, [RE:4].
Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority! Hardcover.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, AussieBookSeller [52402892], SILVERWATER, NSW, Australia.
Paperback. Winner, The Hawthornden Prize, United Kingdom Winner, The Encore Award, United Kingdom Shortlisted, Man Booker Prize Longlisted, Orange Prize for Fiction John Egan lives with.Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. 336 pages. 0.200.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books: West [4720790], Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.