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Sparrow by James Hynes is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sparrow about?

‘james Hynes’s Unnerving, Exhilarating, Unflinching Portrayal Of Sex, Slavery And Sisterhood Takes The Reader To One Of The Most Pitiless Backstreets Of The Roman Empire In Its Final Years Only To Discover There - Between The Violence And The Suffering, Amid The Decline And The Fall - Enduring Tenderness And Love. This Is A Novel Of Ancient Times For Our Times. And It Is Splendid, A Work Of Scorching Distinction.’ Jim Crace For Readers Who Have Been Moved And Overwhelmed By Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, Emma Donoghue’s Room And Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain, Sparrow Tells The Story Of Jacob, Son Of No One, Last Survivor Of An Abandoned British Roman Town. Raised In A Brothel On The Spanish Coast In The Waning Years Of The Roman Empire, A Boy Of No Known Origin Creates His Own Identity. He Is Sparrow, Who Sings Without Reason And Can Fly From Trouble. His World Is A Kitchen, The Herb-scented Garden, Then The Loud And Dangerous Tavern, And Finally The Mysterious Upstairs Where The ‘wolves’ - Prostitutes Of Every Ethnic Background From The Far Reaches Of The Empire - Do Their Mysterious Business. When Not Being Told Stories By His Beloved ‘mother’ Euterpe, He Runs Errands For Her

Who reads Sparrow?

Author

James Hynes

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781529092424

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

True Crime, Fiction, Crime

Rating

4.29 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14