
The Nowhere Boy
$27.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
A gripping debut, fast-paced and wonderfully tense - Josie Shapiro
A finely observed tale about every parent’s worst nightmare - Gavin Strawhan
Cleary’s novel hits a precise bullseye. Be sure to put time aside as it will demand your attention. - Wairarapa Times-Age
A child disappears in broad daylight-and no one sees a thing.
Three-year-old Oliver, known as Apple Man, vanishes from a remote car park while his young father, Scott, carries fishing gear down to th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991142788 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1991142781 |
| Author: | Anne Cleary |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Imprint: | A&U New Zealand |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Anne Cleary
Anne Cleary was born and raised in West Auckland and moved to Tauranga in 2016. Her short stories have won places in competitions and feature in magazines and anthologies in Aotearoa and Australia. She takes creative writing workshops and co-organises Tauranga Writers’ monthly event, Writers on Writing.
The Nowhere Boy is Anne’s debut novel and the winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2025.
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