Book description
“A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS…
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John Boyne has to be one of the most versatile writers I've read and I love everything of his that has crossed my path so far.
A Ladder to The Sky is wonderful. Fascinating story, interesting characters, twists and turns that I didn't see coming and it left me in awe of how this writer weaves his stories around such characters. He's masterful at writing despicable characters, and I became immersed in the story so much that I didn't want it to end.
I loved this novel with its twists and turns. Boyne is skilled in writing characters that can be sympathetic and abhorred, rooted for and despised.
Maurice Swift’s life as an ambitious, manipulative writer is viewed through his interactions with friends, acquaintances, lovers, a spouse, and child. His inexplicable draw is his beauty, and he uses this power to gather, use, and discard people to get exactly what he wants.
Until the very end, I wondered, did he do it?
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