All the Birds, Singing Coming of Age he - and many others

he - and many others of his generation - were just getting started

Iowa State University

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious

and bogged down with writer's block

and the Devirs' visual style is downright kinetic and bursting with life

All the Birds, Singing Coming of Age he - and many others**One of the Best Books of the Year in the Guardian, New Statesman, Independent, Observer** **Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, and the Costa Award for Best Novel** **Winner of the Encore Award for Best Second Novel** **Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award** From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, an emotionally powerful, award winning novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past. Jake Whyte has retreated to a