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An original time travel historical love story romance fantasy across the ages that skips in time from the present to the past.
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About the Author
MATT HAIG suffered a breakdown in his early twenties. After battling depression for a long time he turned to writing, and he now believes that reading and writing books saved his life. His novels include the bestsellers The Last Family in England, The Radleys and The Humans, which in Canada was a Costco Buyer’s Pick and has sold approximately 15,000 copies. His books have been translated into thirty languages. All his novels for adults have been optioned for film. Matt lives in York with his wife and their two children.
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“A masterpiece. . . . Matt Haig is a supreme talent and a writer to cherish, and The Humans is undoubtedly his magnum opus.” (The Guardian)
“A wonderfully funny, gripping and inventive novel.” (The Times (UK))
“Delightful.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“Funny, clever and quite, quite lovely.” (Sunday Times (London))
“Funny, poignant, and full of heart.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“An absolute corker of a novel: very clever, and very moving, and that rare and precious thing -laugh-out-loud funny.” (Daily Mail (UK))
“Extraordinary.” (Independent (UK))
“Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories.” (Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline)
“Matt Haig is a novelist of stunning talent, with a laser eye for the absurd and endless reserves of compassion. (Parade Picks)” (Parade)
“Quick-paced, touching, and hilarious.” (Library Journal (starred review))
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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1782118616
- ISBN 13 9781782118619
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages325
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