The Weight of Angels

Name: The Weight of Angels - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9781529943856
Price: 395.00 ZAR
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The life Oscar Wilde never had - reimagined by John Boyne in his most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet.
'Exceptionally moving... A granularly imagined, witty, hugely pleasurable read' Neel Mukherjee
'Wise, imaginative, funny, and extremely moving' Tan Twan Eng, Booker longlisted author of The House of Doors
'A richly inventive multi-media novel of literary might-have-beens' John Banville, Booker prize winner of The Sea
'A spectacularly cheeky piece of speculative fiction, gleefully celebrating the possibilities of queer genius' Patrick Gale
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Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed?
When the Marquis of Queensbury...

About the Author

John Boyne

John Boyne is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, a picture book and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart’s Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky. He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes, including most recently both the 2025 Prix Femina Étranger and
the Prix du Roman FNAC in France for The Elements. His novels are published in sixty languages.

Twitter: @JohnBoyne
Instagram: @JohnBoyneAuthor