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Cyril Avery is not areal. Avery or at least thats what his adoptive parents tell him. But if he isnt a real Avery, then who is he?This is the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. From the award-winning author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, this is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us of the redemptive power of the human spirit.
At first - and I do not think it is a spoiler, one should be able to decide beforehand if one wants to deal with this topic - Cyril is not an ordinary man. His life is full of absolutely unordinary turns and twists. He is adopted, grows up with very 'special' adoptive parents and is gay - in a country and time when this was still considered to be abnormal and was forbidden by law. The whole book is therefore not really dealing with Ireland's story - it is dealing with Ireland's approach to...
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