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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry By Rachel Joyce

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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Summary

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.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Summary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry Reviews

From the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down -- Erica Wagner The Times Deploying meticulously precise and deceptively light-as-air prose, Joyce takes Harold across the bitter wastelands of regret to the sunlit uplands of emotional redemption with a -clarity that is at times almost unbearably moving -- Karen Robinson The Sunday Times Distinguished by remarkable confidence... Polished to perfection... Joyce's experience as a playwright shows in her ear for dialogue and eye for character diatom - even the walk-on parts stay with you as real people. She handles her material with deceptive lightness but Harold's journey towards a better version of himself is totemic. To read about him is to be moved to follow him Daily Telegraph 20120310 This cleverly done, admirably clear-sighted novel skirts the sloughs of saccharine and whimsy, coming to an almost unbearably moving conclusion. An instant book-group classic Daily Mail 20120323 A terrific book, comic and sad and very honest. Harold is a wonderfully-drawn character... his story is at the same time emotionally gruelling and yet ultimately uplifting. Joanne Harris

About Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and four children. She has written over twenty original afternoon plays for BBC Radio 4, and major adaptations for the Classic Series and Woman's Hour, as well as a TV period drama for BBC 2. In 2007 she won the Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Play. This is her first novel. She is at work on her second.

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GOR003616516
9780857520647
0857520644
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Transworld Publishers Ltd
20120315
304
Long-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2012
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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