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Carry Me Down by M. J. Hyland is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Carry Me Down about?

M.J. Hyland’s darkly funny and compelling novel about a 12-year-old boy whose obsession with the truth threatens disaster for his entire family. This Man Booker Prize finalist is "a fast-paced psychological drama . . . of the pain of lost innocence and the price of pursuing the truth" (People).Young John Egan has an unusual talent: he knows when people are lying. He hopes that one day this gift will bring him fame and guarantee his entry into the Guinness Book of World Records, but until then, he must deal with the destructive undercurrents in his loving but fragile family. However, John’s obsession with uncovering the truth starts to become a violent and frightening fixation, in M.J. Hyland’s portrait of a keenly inquisitive mind."Surreal, heartbreaking... John Egan [is] a character the reader is privileged to meet. Hyland's skill is commendable. Carry Me Down, in all its grossness and granular beauty is a remarkable book." - San Francisco Chronicle"In taut, simple prose, Hyland meticulously captures the specific pains of growing up poor and lonely in Ireland and deftly anatomizes her judgmental protagonist's odd mixture of... little boy and grown lad." - Entertainment WeeklyM

Who reads Carry Me Down?

Author

M. J. Hyland

Publisher

Canongate Books US

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781841957401

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.3 / 5 (2,115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14