John Boyne - Fire

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness.
Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become – or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being?
In Fire, John Boyne takes the reader on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture – or nature?

ABOUT JOHN BOYNE

For almost a quarter of a century John Boyne’s novels have been treasured by adults and young readers alike. Whether he is exploring history in The Thief of Time, discovering humanity in the trenches in The Absolutist, revealing personal trauma in A History of Loneliness, creating dark comedy in A Ladder to the Sky, or making us laugh with the broad farce of The Echo Chamber, his work has found a global readership. And, with the modern classics, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Heart’s Invisible Furies, he has created two of the most beloved novels of the 21st century.

He is the author of fourteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and opera. He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in fifty-nine languages making him the most translated Irish writer of all time.