![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Today, the father who abandoned them is about to walk back in.īut why has he returned, and who have the boys become since he left?Īt the helm is Matthew, cynical, poetic Rory, forever truanting Henry, the money-spinner and young Tommy, the pet collector who has colonised the house with dysfunctional pets, including Achilles the mule and Rosy the border collie.Īnd then there’s Clay, the quiet one, his whole young life haunted by an unspeakable act.įrom the tale of their grandfather, whose passion for the ancient Greeks still colours their lives, to the mother and father who met over a mislaid piano, to the present day, where five sons dwell in a house with no rules, Bridge of Clay is an epic portrait of a ramshackle family and the unburying of one boy’s tragic secret. The five Dunbar brothers are living - fighting, dreaming, loving - in the perfect squalor of a house without grownups. Bridge of Clay is the story of Clay Dunbar and his four brothers, Matthew, Rory, Henry, and Tommy, as they struggle to come to terms with the disappearance and then sudden reappearance of their father, in the years that follow the death of their mother. Random House presents the audiobook edition of Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak.įrom the internationally acclaimed, prize-winning, best-selling author of The Book Thief, here is a story told backwards and inside out. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Zusak, Markus. ![]()
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