The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

The Echo Chamber by John BoyneWhat a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national

The edition also includes two remarkable independent narratives: From an Abandoned Work and As The Story Was Told

Candide finds himself on a journey that will take him to Portugal

It is the mid-1800s and as slavery looks to be coming to an end

a repressive religious community and the desolate

he creates an environment all his own - fundamentally comic

I wish I was still single

motivating

The Lion and the Unicorn

comforting and wise

start to permeate what has for generations seemed an impermeable conflict

a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA)

This is absolutely the real thing' KEVIN POWER