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3 unusual facts about The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas


Emily Huws

One of her latest adaptations into Welsh includes Y Bachgen Mewn Pyjamas, published by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch in September 2009, which is an adaptation of John Boynes The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Irish fiction

Irish writers whose work is targeted at more commercial audiences, among them Cecilia Ahern (PS, I Love You), Maeve Binchy (Tara Road), John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), Marian Keyes (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married) and Joseph O'Connor (Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes), have had considerable commercial success internationally.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Rabbi Benjamin Blech described the book as "not just a lie and not just a fairytale, but a profanation".



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