by Andrew Davidson (Illustrator), RachelJoyce (Author), RachelJoyce (Author)
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012: 'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching' - Claire Tomalin. When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life. 'Wonderful' - Guardian
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 15 Mar 2012
ISBN 10: 0857520644
ISBN 13: 9780857520647
Book Overview: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. Rachel Joyce is the Specsavers National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2012. A tender, quietly comic, heartstopping first novel from a powerful new voice in fiction.
Prizes: Long-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2012.