Blueeyedboy the second in a trilogy of dark, chilling and witty psychological thrillers from bestselling author Joanne Harris
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Biographical note
Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels. Her Whitbread-shortlisted novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of several other bestsellers, including The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé and The Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and Different Class). Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2022 an OBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her garden. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and served for four years as Chair of the Society of Authors. She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.Delivers an almighty twist in the tale late on...brilliantly atmospheric and at times heartbreaking
The Times
An ingenious, gripping read...it terrified the living daylights out of me
Daily Express
Brilliantly written, plotted and insightful...beware unreliable narrators along with a huge plot twist at the end
Mirror
Engrossing psychological thriller...a novel of unusual complexity...Harris, best known for <i>Chocolat</i>, again shows her skill and versatility
Mail on Sunday
Beautifully written...a rewarding read
Guardian