Book description
William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo
Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West.
Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new
life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and
to his ancestry.
When his father proposes that together they should recreate Buffalo
Bill's stage show, "The Congress of Rough Riders of the
World" for a contemporary audience, William refuses to have any
part of it. When tragedy strikes, however, it is to his father that he
must eventually return.
John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971 and is the author of six
novels. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas won two Irish Book
Awards, was shortlisted for the British Book Award and has recently
been made into a Miramax feature film. His novels are published in
over 30 languages and his new novel, The Absolutist, is
published is 2011. He lives in Dublin.
www. johnboyne. com
