The Godless Boys

Naomi Wood author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '15

Should be back in stock very soon

The Godless Boys cover

The Godless Boys is a tender tale about faith, love and power on a dystopian island set during an alternative history.

The Godless Boys is the astounding literary debut of Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway.

Imagine an alternative England, where the Church controls the country and non-believers have been exiled to a remote island.

On the Island, a fierce group of boys patrols the community, searching for signs of faith and punishing any believers. When a new girl appears, arriving from the mainland to search for her long-lost mother, the gang is split: one boy falls in love with her, another seeks violent revenge. The struggle between them will change everything.

Vibrant and evocative. * Stylist *
The comforts of faith, the terrors of extremism, the loneliness of not believing anything at all: these are the aggressively modern tensions that pierce Wood's novel . . . richly conceived. * Metro *
A gripping, well-crafted tale . . . impressive. * Observer *
A tender, brutal tale focusing on God, love and violence. * Grazia *

ISBN: 9781447293132

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 23mm

Weight: 268g

368 pages