JOHN Boyne

The well-known author also spoke at length about his problems with the publishing industry today, and addressed the criticism of a novel he published four years ...

“What happened was that Auschwitz memorial tweeted that people studying the holocaust should not study the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. If you want to make them the centre, great. If you want to make them a criminal, great. I have no interest in anybody’s views on that. You write the book that you want to write, nobody has the right to tell you differently. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.