The Elements: A Novel

From bestselling author John Boyne a gripping and profound exploration of guilt blame trauma and the human capacity for redemption. In The Elements acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives each representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler the accomplice the perpetrator and the victim. The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past a young soccer star facing a trial a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma and a father on a transformative journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next and as the story unfolds their lives intersect in unimaginable ways. Boyne’s most ambitious work yet The Elements is both an engrossing drama and a moving investigation of why and how we allow crime to occur. With masterful spellbinding prose he navigates this complex subject with extraordinary empathy and unflinching honesty.