The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas author: ‘If you want the facts of the Holocaust, don’t read a novel’ - Author John Boyne appeared on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ where he spoke ...

In the book, Bruno, the 9-year-old son of a Nazi commandant, befriends Shmuel, a Jewish concentration-camp prisoner of the same age; it ends with Bruno donning the “striped pajamas” and ...

The study found that 84.4% of students surveyed who said they had seen a film about the Holocaust had been referring to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and that it was both the most read novel and ...

John Boyne, author of the Holocaust novel “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” and its sequel “All the Broken Places.” (Rich Gilligan/Courtesy of Penguin Random House via JTA.org) By Andrew Lapin At one ...

Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, eight-year-old German boy Bruno, has no idea that his father is the kommandant of a ...

The author of The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas has pushed back against criticism of his novel, declaring that people should not read fiction if they are in search of facts.. Dublin-born writer John ...

The sequel to the Holocaust novel ‘Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ is here. Its author has no regrets. Over the years, more research has been published about the book’s popularity in the ...

Culture The sequel to the Holocaust novel ‘Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ is here. Its author has no regrets. ‘I do feel it’s a positive contribution to the world, and to Holocaust studies ...

The author of The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas has pushed back against criticism of his novel, declaring that people should not read fiction if they are in search of facts. Dublin-born writer John Boyne ...