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Carry Me Down Author: M. J.;Hyland, M.J.; Hyland

ISBN: 9781925355338 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 336 Published: 23 March 2016 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.7 x 2.1 Description: Winner, The Hawthornden Prize, United Kingdom Winner, The Encore Award, United Kingdom Shortlisted, Man Booker Prize Longlisted, Orange Prize for Fiction

John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. The Guinness Book of Records is his favourite book and he wants to visit Niagara Falls with his mother. But, more than anything, he is determined to become a world-famous lie detector, almost at any cost.

Carry Me Down is written in clean, compelling prose, and is about John's obsessive and dangerous desire to see the truth, even as his family is threatened in countless ways. In this singular tale of disturbed love every word rings true.

About the Author

M.J Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three multi-award-winning novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) & This is How (2009). She is also a lecturer in Creative Writing in the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester.

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