Cyril Avery is not a real Avery — or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he?

Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamorous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.

At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from — and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more.

In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

The PowerBook is a dazzling piece of twenty-first century fiction that blurs the lines between past, present, and future, using them as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality.

The story is simple yet profound. An e-writer named Ali, or sometimes Alix, offers a unique service: she will write anything to order, but there's a catch. You must enter the story as yourself and face the risk of emerging as someone else. It's an invitation to become the hero of your own life, to embrace freedom for just one night. However, every freedom has its price, and Ali soon finds that she, too, must pay.

The narrative takes readers on a journey from London to Paris, Capri, and even into Cyberspace, weaving together elements of fairy tales, contemporary myths, and popular culture. It's a tale of failed but ultimately requited love, constantly reinventing itself as it navigates through different realms and dimensions.