‘It became brutal’ —John Boyne responds to a twitter storm in Echo Chamber

The Book Show

English - October 10, 2021 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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In 2019, John Boyne faced huge online backlash for a book he wrote about a trans teenager and he's channelled that experience in to his new comic novel, The Echo Chamber.

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