Elements

About the book

'An epic.... Impactful and provocative' The New York Times
'An almost note-perfect piece of first-person storytelling' Guardian
'Subtle, intelligent and humane' Sunday Telegraph
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John Boyne's acclaimed quartet of Water, Earth, Fire and Air come together at last.

Human life is governed by the elements - water, earth, fire and air. They are fundamental to our existence. They sustain us, but they also challenge us.

In The Elements, John Boyne has created a vivid kaleidoscope to reflect that contradiction: a quartet of intertwined narratives, each providing a different perspective on cause and effect from the points of view of the enabler, the accomplice, the...