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Blueeyedboy [Import] [Paperback]

Joanne Harris (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


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Book Description

April 19, 2010
A gripping psychological thriller played out in cyberspace, from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes.

"Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer."

Blueyedboy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems. Told through posts on badguysrock@webjournal.com, this is a thriller that makes creative use of all the disguise, deception and mind games that are offered by playing out one's life on the internet.


Editorial Reviews

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"Delivers an almighty twist in the tale late on... brilliantly atmospheric and at times heartbreaking."
The Times

"We all loved Chocolat, and Joanne Harris' new thriller, which follows the lives of three brothers and their dysfunctional families via a series of web journals, has the same beauty with a modern edge. A dark, intricate tale."
—Company

"An ingenious, gripping read... it terrified the living daylights out of me."
— Daily Express

"Brilliantly written, plotted and insightful... beware unreliable narrators along with a huge plot twist at the end."
— Mirror

"Engrossing psychological thriller... a novel of unusual complexity... Harris, best known for Chocolat, again shows her skill and versatility."
Mail on Sunday

About the Author

JOANNE HARRIS is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp), Blackberry Wine, Gentlemen & Players, and, most recently, The Lollipop Shoes and Runemarks. Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She plays bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16, is currently studying Old Norse, and lives with her husband and daughter in Yorkshire, about 15 miles from the place she was born.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday UK (April 19, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385609515
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385609517
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joanne Harris is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Blackberry Wine and Chocolat, which was nominated for the Whitbread Award, one of Britain's most prestigious literary prizes. Half French and half British, Harris lives in England.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A Dark Mindbender January 23, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
Ouf! Dangerous Liaisons meets Rickety Tickety Tin!
Joanne Harris always crafts a superb plot. She really must have had fun doing this one. The structure of the tale is based in webjournals like the letters in Dangerous Liaisons. As in Dangerous Liaisons, rapier-like twists leave one quite lacerated. A fascinating exploration of the creation and functioning of psychopathic minds. And like Tom Lehrer's song Rickety Tickety Tin, things become increasingly ghoulish. In this schizpophrenic world, sudden shifts in personalities and identities leave one doubting reality. Joanne Harris takes a radical departure from the pastoral French rural idylls for which she is best known- such a departure that I was regaining my breath after each new mindbender and didn't have the time to miss the trademark rustic foodie world I love so much. It was like the buildup to a rollercoaster smash. This tale was hard to put down. What a versatile author. The story and style of the book call for an intense degree of perception, which she delivers. But don't expect the gentle entertainment that her better known books offer
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant in Blue August 21, 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Painfully beautiful and brutally honest, blueeyedboy is another amazing work by Joanne Harris. The online setting plays brilliantly on our fascination with and cautious fears of the online communities we all inhabit.
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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am an avid fan of Joanne Harris. Her latest was unavailable in the US so I purchased through one of Amazon's vendors in the UK. Very, very dark novel! But, as always, a riveting narrative.
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