How to Stop Time

How to Stop Time

by Matt Haig (Author), Matt Haig (Author)

Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2017 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTION Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life. Always changing his identity to stay alive, Tom has the perfect cover - working as a history teacher at a London comprehensive. Here he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he'd never witnessed them first-hand. He can try to tame the past that is fast catching up with him. The only thing Tom must not do is fall in love. How to Stop Time is a wild and bittersweet story about losing and finding yourself, about the certainty of change and about the lifetimes it can take to really learn how to live.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Generic
Published: 01 Jan 2017

ISBN 10: 1782118624
ISBN 13: 9781782118626

Media Reviews
A rollicking time-hopping fantasy . . . How to Stop Time will provoke wonder and delight * * Observer * *
Hugely entertaining -- JOHN BOYNE * * Irish Times * *
Outlandish . . . heartwarming, perceptive prose -- ANITA SETHI * * Daily Telegraph * *
An imaginative, ambitious novel by an author with an infectious passion for history and the human condition * * Sunday Express * *
Haig writes exquisitely from the perspective of the heart-sore outsider, but at their most moving his novels reveal the unbearable beauty of ordinary life * * Guardian * *
Let Matt Haig take you on a journey . . . Brings every era to vibrant life . . . original and fascinating * * Stylist * *
Tear-jerking, time-hopping romance * * Mail on Sunday * *
A fabulous book -- STEPHEN FRY
How to Stop Time is a beautiful, and necessary book. I feel very lucky to have read it. It is magical, intriguing and at times, very sad. A triumph -- MARIAN KEYES
Absolutely terrific -- GRAHAM NORTON
Author Bio
Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and six highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. As a writer for children and young adults he has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal. His work has been published in over forty languages. @matthaig1 | matthaig.com