The Cage - Softcover

PRAISE FOR MISTER PIP: 'Poetic, heartbreaking, surprising.'--Isabel Allende; 'Genuinely affecting.'--The New York Times; 'Sheer magic... Lloyd Jones is a brave and fierce writer."--Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child; 'Jones's prose is faultless.'--Publishers Weekly; 'A paean to the transformative power of literature.'--New York Sun; 'A delightful read.'--Atlantic Monthly; 'Being a truthful writer, Jones sees nothing neither his heroes nor his villains in black and white. His is a bold inquiry into the way that we construct and repair our communities, and ourselves, with stories old and new.'--The Times; 'Dazzling.'--The Observer; 'Poignant and impressive.'--Times Literary Supplement; 'Intriguing and memorable.'--Glasgow Herald;

Praise for THE CAGE: "An eloquent microcosm of the existence endured by many of the world's 68.5 million displaced persons, refugees, and asylum seekers."--Kirkus [starred review] "A thought-provoking and affecting book for readers of literary fiction."--[4 Stars] Books + Publishing; "A dark fable of imprisonment."--Sydney Morning Herald; "Jones's new and possibly best novel will hold you in its narrative grip from its first pages."--North & South; "An audacious and affecting riff on the tenuousness of understanding and the frailty of good intentions."--NZ Herald; "Brilliant."--NZ Listener; "With archetypal characters and a setting that is only roughly outlined, the story is contemporary yet feels out of time and place."--The Australian;

Two mysterious, bedraggled strangers appear in a small country town. They are fleeing trauma of which they are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to speak. The townspeople want answers. Before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the care of the men slides into appalling cruelty. A profound and unsettling novel about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we’re able to justify brutality.