The Heart's Invisible Furies

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by John Boyne (Goodreads Author)

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Where in West Cork is Skull? How could Fidel Castro send cigars to Ireland in 1952? How could Pompidou be a former French president in 1959? How was Lady Chatterley's Lover available to an Irish teenager in 1959?

Richard 1. why don't you search for Skull on a google map ?
2. In a box by post.
3. because it is fiction
4. because it was in stores…more1. why don't you search for Skull on a google map ?
2. In a box by post.
3. because it is fiction
4. because it was in stores(less)

How can Julian have an encounter with Brian Jones in 1973 when Jones died in 1969?

Elaine Clark Are we to believe all that Julian says? I think not.

I LOVED The Heart's Invisible Furies! Anyone have other recommendations for a book like this- enthralling, beautifully written, preferably historical? I also loved All The light You Cannot See.

Diane A Little Life is in my Top 5 books; I got A Little Life flashbacks when reading The Heart’s Invisible Furies.

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How is Ignac from Slovenia at 1987? Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. How a man in USA talk about Chech Republik, same year, 1987, it was Chechoslovakia. Nobody judged smoking in 1950. and 1960. More reading before writing.

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I’m no prude and know enough about sex without having it described to me on every f*****g page. How does that make for a “great” novel? I’m an avid reader and so have plenty of literary fiction to compare it with and it doesn’t come close to other novels I’ve read. I sometimes think just because we are spoon fed that someone is a “great” writer, many feel the need to agree.

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Was this made into a movie or TV series? I saw (via Google) that Ridley Scott bought the rights, but couldn't find a film or TV series.

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