Jonathan Trigell



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Jonathan Trigell

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born
January 01, 1974 in The United Kingdom

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction


About this author

Jonathan Trigell is a British author. His first novel, entitled Boy A, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2004, the Waverton Good Read Award and the inaugural World Book Day Prize in 2008.

Jonathan completed an MA in creative writing at Manchester University in 2002. He spent most winters in Alps working in the Ski Industry and now lives in Chamonix, France.

Boy A is the story of a child criminal released into society as an adult. It has obvious and presumably deliberate parallels to the fates of the murderers of James Bulger, although the crime itself differs significantly.

Highly acclaimed critically, Boy A was described by Sarah Waters, Chair of the Judges for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, as "a compelling narrative, a beautifully structure...more


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Average rating: 3.82 · 458 ratings · 80 reviews · 3 distinct works
Boy A: Movie Tie-in Edition
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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Genus
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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