WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTheo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.'A masterpiece' The Times'Astonishing' Guardian'Superb' Daily Mail'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday'A triumph' Stephen King'Dazzling' New York Times