Of a Boy
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Of a Boy
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Narrated by:
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Humphrey Bower
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By:
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Sonya Hartnett
About this listen
The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion.
Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not, for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home.
2004, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Long-listed
2003, Miles Franklin Literary Award, Short-listed
2003, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Short-listed
2003, The Age Book of the Year Award, Winner
2003, The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book (South East Asia and South Pacific Region), Winner
2003, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Short-listed
2003, New South Wales State Literary Award Fiction, Short-listed
©2002 Sonya Hartnett (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pyt Ltd by arrangement with Penguin Group (Australia)Editor reviews
This award-winning audiobook from Sonya Hartnett begins with the tragic disappearance of three children and doesn’t slow down until the unforgettable end. Of a Boy follows young Adrian as he spends his days worrying about everything from sea monsters to quicksand, but mostly he thinks about the three children who went for ice cream and never came back. When a young girl, Nicole, moves in across the street, Adrian’s life takes on a new trajectory. That is, until their curiosity leads them down a sinister path. Performed with a masterful empathy and vigor from veteran narrator Humphrey Bower, Of a Boy is an audiobook not quickly forgotten.