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      The Thief of Time

      by John Boyne
      Published
      Mar 2007
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      384
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      It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder of his mother and his stepfather's execution. Matthieu's life is characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century and the ripe old age of 256 he is suddenly forced to answer an uncomfortable question: what is the worth of immortality without love?

      In this carefully crafted novel, John Boyne juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world, weaving together portraits of 1920s Hollywood, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the French Revolution, the Wall Street Crash, and other landmark events into one man's story of murder, love, and redemption.

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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Fantasy Historical

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      Jan 2008 Griffin ISBN13 9780312378042 ISBN10 0312378041
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      Apr 2011 Black Swan (UK) ISBN13 9780552776158 ISBN10 0552776157
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      First Edition Mar 2007 Thomas Dunne ISBN13 9780312354800 ISBN10 0312354800
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      Mar 2007 St. Martin's ISBN13 9781429988490 ISBN10 1429988495
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      Mar 2007 Thomas Dunne ISBN10 B004O0TUO4
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      Jul 2020 Penguin Audio ISBN10 B086444J4L
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