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Jul 25, 2018martins_mom rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
John Boyne never fails to surprise. This book about the culture and sexual mores of Ireland from 1945 to the present is often sad, sometimes ridiculous (“I don’t drink coffee”, she said, taking a sip from her tea. “Coffee is for Americans and Protestants. Irish people should drink tea. That’s how we were brought up after all.”). But the narrator is honest and observant. A long way from”The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”.