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The Echo Chamber

My 13th adult novel, THE ECHO CHAMBER, will be published in the UK & Ireland by Doubleday on 5th August 2021. Here’s the back jacket copy: What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass

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Readings

There’ll be more festival events and readings when the pandemic is over!

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Twitter

I felt quite emotional being in a bookshop again today, browsing the tables and aisles, for the first time in more than a year. And chatting to the friendly booksellers in @WaterstonesPicc. Nice to see some great new Irish novels front of store too @AnneGriffin_ @Louise_Nealon pic.twitter.com/KD2zqNWoSj

Yesterday from John Boyne 📚's Twitter