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Boy A

Released from juvenile institutions after committing a horrific crime as a child, Jack struggles within himself to blend into society with a new name, a new job, and a second chance.

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  • "Released from juvenile institutions after committing a horrific crime as a child, Jack struggles within himself to blend into society with a new name, a new job, and a second chance."@en
  • "Inspiré d'un des faits divers les plus tragiques que l'Angleterre ait connu, ce roman donne à s'interroger sur la notion de culpabilité et du pardon. Jack, un jeune de 24 ans, est accompagné d'un tuteur quand il s'installe à Manchester. A travers des scènes de flash-back, le lecteur découvre que Jack fut à l'âge de 10 ans un enfant meurtrier, tuant une gamine de sa classe à la sortie de l'école."
  • "WINNER OF THE WORLD BOOK DAY - BOOKS TO TALK ABOUT PRIZE 2008 WINNER OF THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE 2005 WINNER OF THE WAVERTON GOOD READ PRIZE 2005?A is for Apple. A bad apple.? Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his new girlfriend, he is strangely inexperienced and unreachable. To his case worker, he?s a victim of the system and of media-driven."@en
  • "Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions; he's about to be released with a new name, new job, and a new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexplained violence. To his girlfriend, he is strangely naïve and unreachable. To his case worker, he's a victim of a system an of media-driven hysteria. And to himself, Jack is on permanent trial: he struggles to start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else."
  • "Inspiré d'un fait divers tragique, ce roman donne à s'interroger sur la culpabilité et le pardon. Jack, un jeune de 24 ans, est accompagné d'un tuteur quand il s'installe à Manchester. A travers des scènes de flash-back, le lecteur découvre que Jack fut à l'âge de 10 ans un enfant meurtrier, tuant une camarade de classe à la sortie de l'école. Adapté au cinéma par J. Crowley sous le titre Boy A."
  • "La couv. porte : Boy A."
  • "Een jongeman komt op 24-jarige leeftijd uit de gevangenis, na een lange celstraf vanaf zijn twaalfde voor een ernstig vergrijp, en probeert een nieuw leven op te bouwen."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Bildungsroman"@en
  • "Young adult fiction"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Roman anglais"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "男孩A = Boy A"
  • "Jongen A"
  • "Boy A : storia di un ragazzo sbagliato"
  • "Boy A : storia di un ragazzo sbagliato"@it
  • "Jeux d'enfants"
  • "Niño A"@es
  • "Niño A"
  • "Boy A"@en
  • "Boy A"
  • "男孩A"
  • "Nan hai A = Boy A"
  • "Nan haiA"

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