From the hugely popular Channel 4 F1 presenter comes an irresistible, time-travelling love letter to the 1980s, all about a spiritually empty corporate shark who discovers the means to avert his brother's childhood death via the use of an old telephone.
Bob Bloomfield's whole life changed when his little brother Tom was tragically killed in childhood. Now a ruthless corporate partner, with a "materially rich, spiritually empty" existence, Bob has done enough living for two. But then the impossible happens.
A seemingly ordinary phone allows Bob to connect to the past... and speak with his twelve-year-old self. And his calls back through time are creating real changes in the present. Which leaves Bob with two questions:
Is this a chance to prevent his brother's death? And will he like the world he's created if he succeeds?
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241561409
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 400 g
Dimensions: 218 x 144 x 34 mm
Joyously unpredictable, clever, witty and warm. Gorgeous! - Ruth Jones
Funny, fast-paced and moving - Saturday Live
Fantastic! Love it. Makes keeping up with the Jones’s next to impossible - Johnny Vaughan, Radio X
Very funny … echoes of Nick Hornby - You're Booked
A great read. A born writer. - Lorraine Kelly
Bob is not a nice person, even he knows that. However, he blames himself and how he turned out on his brother's death as a child. So when he finds a phone to contact his family in the past and finds he can change... More
A thin story spread too long and with an unbelievably slow start.
When a phone is found to link to the 1980s it throws up multiple complications. Who wouldn't want to restore a beloved sibling to life?
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I bought this book purely by chance as Steve was talking about it at my local bookshop and I decided to go along. I am extremely thankful that this happened, as I have devoured the entire book in less than 24 hours.... More
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