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Bridge of Clay

The redemptive, joyous bestseller by the author of THE BOOK THIEF

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Random House presents the audiobook editon of Bridge of Clay, written and read by Markus Zusak.

THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF


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Here is a story told inside out and back to front

Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, loving, grieving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has just walked right back in.
He has a surprising request: Who will build a bridge with him?

It is Clay, a boy tormented by a long-buried secret, who accepts. But why is Clay so broken? And why must he fulfil this extraordinary challenge?

Bridge of Clay is about a boy caught in a current, a boy intent on destroying everything he has in order to become everything he needs to be. Ahead of him lies the bridge, the vision that will save both his family and himself.

It will be a miracle and nothing less.


At once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house with no rules brims with energy, joy and pathos. Written in Markus Zusak's distinctive style, it is a tour de force from a master storyteller of the heart.

Markus Zusak's epic new novel BRIDGE OF CLAY is due out this October 2018

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'A captivating book with a mighty, fearless heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is filled with characters to believe in and care about ... achingly moving, delightfully funny, and thoroughly uplifting.' M L STEDMAN, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans

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Critic reviews

[Zusak] flings his readers straight into the deep end of his new vast, teeming novel . . . Warm and heartfelt . . . This is a tale of love, art and redemption; rowdy and joyous, with flashes of wit and insight, and ultimately moving. (Kate Saunders)
If The Book Thief was a novel that allowed Death to steal the show... [its] brilliantly illuminated follow-up is affirmatively full of life. (Alfred Hickling)
The wait is over.
This vast novel is a feast of language and irony. There is sly wit on every page... it is hard not to fall a bit in love with it. (Michael McGirr)
Bridge of Clay has been more than a decade in the making, and it shows: The characters are clearly loved, and the artistry of language will leave you gasping at times.
Devastating, demanding and deeply moving, Bridge of Clay unspools like a kind of magic act in reverse (Meghan Cox Gurdon)
Eleven years after his multi-million selling hit The Book Thief, Zusak has returned with this sweeping and compelling family tale... Give it your time and you'll be repaid with a moving and epic read.
Bridge of Clay is one of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family's experience in the most profound way. (Ron Charles)
Exquisitely written ... A sensitively rendered tale of loss, grief, and guilt's manifestations
This book BLEW ME AWAY
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Took me so long to get into this book, and with Markus reading it, but it was worth staying with. He'd put his heart and soul into this family story, and you grow to love the characters.

Preferred the Book Thief, but still a must read (listen)..

Slow burner

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I absolutely loved this. I preferred it to the Book Thief possibly because it was about my old home city told with wonderful expressions that I haven't heard for years. I have to admit to being a bit confused with so many boys, names, and the story jumping around but it all makes sense in the end. This was a heartachingly beautiful story of a large family with the normal rumpus of home life. I would have to think that it was almost autobiographical with the close attention to detail. Markus Zusak was incredible as the author and the reader. Please read it!

Beautifully told sadly wonderful story

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Just brilliant! Written & read aloud by Markus, what a guy! So much better when the author narrates the story. The story is wonderful, so many stories. Loved it, love the Dunbar boys. So tearful at the end, but still a great ending.

OUTSTANDING!!!!

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very moving. made me laugh and made me cry. would recommend this book to all ages.

brilliant!

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I loved every second, the author has an amazing way of telling a story from different timelines and angles

got lost in the book

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