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The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel Audiobook
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Named Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year, 2017 Selected one of New York Times Readers’ Favorite Books of 2017 Winner of the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland Cyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.
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“Narrator Stephen Hogan’s performance of the twists and turns of Cyril’s struggle is dramatic, life affirming, and inspiring. Hogan’s pleasing Irish lilt shifts appropriately as he portrays the accents and diction of the upper- and lower-class characters. Hogan shines as he uses his gifted voice to recount Cyril’s maturation into an intelligent and caring man. It’s a coming-of-age tale delivered by Hogan in a sensitive narration. Listeners looking for both hearty laughs and gentle tears will enjoy Cyril’s journey. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“By turns whimsical and heartbreaking, Boyne’s sprawling novel treads Dickensian territory across seven decades of Irish history, ending with a redemption for both a country and a native son.”
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“Bleak, bittersweet, and Irish to the bone…explore[s] the relationship between Catholicism and patriarchy in midcentury Ireland and beyond.”
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“Deeply cinematic [and] extremely funny.”
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“A dark novel…lightened by often hilarious dialogue.”
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“With evocative descriptions of each city and fateful plot turns that twist the narrative in surprising ways, Boyne adroitly captures Cyril’s shifting identity as he grapples with nationality, class, and sexuality. The book becomes both an examination of Cyril’s life and a catalogue of Western society’s evolution from post-war to present day, with all its failings, triumphs, complexities, and certainties…The life of Cyril Avery is one to be relished.”
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“Cyril’s life story is extraordinary, tragic, and triumphant…Readers will fall in love with Boyne’s characters…in this heartbreaking and hilarious story.”
— Library Journal
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Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month
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Among longlisted titles for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2018
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Julianne Verhagen, 5/30/2021
About John Boyne
John Boyne is the author of novels for adults and children. His New York Times bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, won two Irish Book Awards, was short-listed for the British Book Award, and was made into an award-winning feature film. His novels are published in more than forty languages.
About Stephen Hogan
Stephen Hogan is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.