Boy A
'A wonderful, heartbreaking tale' Andrew Garfield| By: | Jonathan Trigell |
| Publisher: | Profile Books |
| Print ISBN: | 9781846686627 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781847654847 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2011 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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WINNER OF THE WORLD BOOK DAY - BOOKS TO TALK ABOUT PRIZE 2008
WINNER OF THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE 2005
WINNER OF THE WAVERTON GOOD READ PRIZE 2005
A is for Apple. A bad apple? Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime.
To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. To his case worker, he's a victim of the system and of media-driven hysteria.
And to himself, Jack is on permanent trial: can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Is a new name enough? Can Jack ever truly connect with his new friends while hiding a monstrous secret?
This searing and heartfelt novel is a devastating indictment of society's inability to reconcile childhood innocence with reality.