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Biographical note
Tony Parsons is the author of Man and Boy , winner of the Book of the Year prize. His subsequent novels – One For My Baby, Man and Wife, The Family Way, Stories We Could Tell, My Favourite Wife, Starting Over and Men from the Boys were all bestsellers. In summer 2011 he was Writer-in-Residence at London Heathrow, and his first book of short stories, Departures, is based on the experience. He has written a novella about pirates for Quick Reads – Beyond the Bounty.
<p>‘Simmering beneath the dazzling sunlight there are gritty undercurrents aplenty’ Express</p> <p>‘The prose seamlessly pulls you along…a lasting novel about belief and longing’ Daily Mirror</p> <p>‘A love letter to Thailand’ BBC</p> <p>‘ … a simple yet effective story, exploring the incessant search for happiness and what people will do to secure it’ Irish Examiner</p> <p>‘Tony Parson's great skill is that he can cut to the core of relationships’ The Book Bag</p> <p>‘[The Finn Family] soon discover the start truth behind the tourist-brochure ‘holiday paradise’ image, before emerging emotionally stronger from the strains of their relocation’ Sunday Times</p>
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Tony Parsons is the author of Man and Boy , winner of the Book of the Year prize. His subsequent novels – One For My Baby, Man and Wife, The Family Way, Stories We Could Tell, My Favourite Wife, Starting Over and Men from the Boys were all bestsellers. In summer 2011 he was Writer-in-Residence at London Heathrow, and his first book of short stories, Departures, is based on the experience. He has written a novella about pirates for Quick Reads – Beyond the Bounty.