Showcase: The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne

Today I'm showcasing, The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne, a new release from favorite indie house Other Press.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-59051-598-3
Publisher: Other Press
Release Date: 08-17-2021
Length: 480pp
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Overview:

From the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies and The Absolutist, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanov family.

Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past—a past of death, suffering, and scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days.

Living in England with his beloved wife, Zoya, Georgy prepares to make one final journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both destroyed and defined him.

As Georgy remembers days gone by, we are transported to St. Petersburg, to the Winter Palace of the czar, in the early twentieth century—a time of change, threat, and bloody revolution. As Georgy overturns the most painful stone of all, we uncover the story of the house of special purpose.

Showcase The Absolutist A Novel by JOHN BOYNE

Today I'm showcasing Other Press's new edition of John Boyne's The Absolutist. Stop by and read all about it!
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ISBN-13: 978-1-63542-166-8
Publisher: Other Press
Release Date: 4-13-02021
Length: 320pp
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Overview:

A new edition of the beloved novel most similar thematically to the author’s mega-bestseller The Heart’s Invisible Furies


It is September 1919, and twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War.

But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As he recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will–from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.

The Absolutist is a masterful, unforgettable tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I.