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Description for Being
Paperback. .
Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.
'What the hell is that?'
'That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.'
'Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'
As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.
Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what if the answers are too terrifying to face?
This is Kevin Brooks at his very best – powerful, intense, page-turning reading ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141319100
SKU
V9780141319100
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Kevin Brooks
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter, Devon, and he studied in Birmingham and London. He had a varied working life, with jobs in a crematorium, a zoo, a garage and a post office, before – happily – giving it all up to write books. Kevin is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels and now lives in North Yorkshire.
Reviews for Being
A subtle, spooky, headlong dash through the dark edges of romantic science fiction, a genre Kevin Brooks – with his usual delight in flouting convention – appears to have invented
Meg Rosoff, author of
How I Live Now
Violently enjoyable
The Times
Original in its premise and captivating in its delivery. A gripping read
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Meg Rosoff, author of
How I Live Now
Violently enjoyable
The Times
Original in its premise and captivating in its delivery. A gripping read
... Read more