The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel

Name: The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel
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Rating: 4.5 (42363 reviews)
Author: John Boyne

by John Boyne

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

4.5 (42,363)

4.5 stars from 42,363 reviews. One of the highest rated Historical Fiction books we track.

688 pages~11.5 hr readPublished by Transworld Publishers LimitedPublished 2017-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're drawn to sweeping, character-driven stories that span decades and capture how identity shapes a life.
You love John Boyne's emotional storytelling and want something equally moving but more ambitious in scope.
You appreciate nuanced explorations of belonging, family secrets, and friendship as the glue that holds us together.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fast-paced plots with clear resolutions over introspective, contemplative narratives.
You're looking for a light read, not a 688-page investment that demands emotional engagement.
You want Ireland's history as backdrop only, not woven deeply into a single man's personal journey.

About this book

Cyril Avery is adopted by a Dublin couple and told he is not a real Avery. Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community, he is placed with his adoptive family through the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun. Adrift in the world, Cyril is anchored by his friendship with Julian Woodbead, a more glamorous and dangerous peer. Over his lifetime, Cyril navigates fortune and coincidence as he seeks to understand himself and his origins. He struggles to discover an identity, a home, and a country. Through his story, the novel traces Ireland from the 1940s to the present day through the perspective of one ordinary man. Named Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year in 2017, selected as one of New York Times Readers' Favorite Books of 2017, and winner of the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, this novel by the author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas spans the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland.

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