Summary
The moving, gripping and stunningly written first novel for young adults by award-winning author, Matt Haig.
Audrey’s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams. A moat that makes Audrey different from the echoes - sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble humans and to work for human masters.
Daniel is an echo - but he’s not like the others. He feels a connecti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552568609 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552568600 |
| Author: | Matt Haig |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Corgi Childrens |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Matt Haig is astounding
Matt Haig is astounding – Stephen Fry
A highly original page-turner * Independent on Sunday *
A brilliant story that you’ll want to read in one sitting * The Sun on Sunday *
An exciting SF thriller but also a rich and deeply felt exploration of the line that separates humans – creatures of love, passion, fear and hate – from mere organic simulations – Anthony McGowan * Guardian *
It’s a treat to read such a satisfying, complex work * Financial Times *
As with Haig’s other crossover novels The Radleys and The Humans, this combines a cracking plot with profound philosophical questions about what it is to be human. Fearless and beautifully written, it confirms Haig as one of our best new writers of speculative fiction – Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin – Jeanette Winterson
Haig brings to life a terrifying and claustrophobic dystopian future. The future we are shown in Echo Boy is dark and disturbing, but there is hope. Hope that whatever terrors await, you can’t put out “the irrepressible light” inside a person * Telegraph *
Poignant and thought-provoking * The Bookseller *
Will appeal as much to adults as teenagers … Enough action, adventure and tension with a slight dusting of romance to keep anyone enthralled … Matt Haig has penned a number of hugely popular adult and young children’s novels and if Echo Boy is anything to go by, he’s on the way to steal the YA market too … It’s his unique depth of writing that makes Matt Haig’s work such compelling reading * Starburst *
About The Author
Matt Haig
Matt Haig’s first novel for young readers, Shadow Forest, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Gold Smarties Award. He is also the author of various adult novels, including the bestsellers The Last Family in England, The Radleys and The Humans. Reviewers have called his writing ‘totally engrossing’, ‘touching, quirky and macabre’ and ‘so surprising and strange that vaults into a realm all of its own’. His books have been translated into 25 languages. He lives in York.
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