From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.

'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' George Saunders

'Beautiful and haunting.' Kevin Barry

'The strangest, most beguiling and affecting of all his books.' Ian Rankin

'A miracle of language.' Irish Times

This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled tee...

From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny - the polyphonic story of a troubled teenager, with all of thehumanity and trademark invention we expect from oneof our most exciting writers.