John Boyne

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Born	April 30, 1971 (age 53) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works	“All the Broken Places” • “Crippen” • “Stay Where You Are & Then Leave” • “The Absolutist” • “The Boy at the Top of the Mountain” • “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” • “The Echo Chamber” • “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” • “The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket” • “The Thief of Time”

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