More Than You Can Say (Paperback)
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Paperback 320 Pages
Published: 27/10/2011
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The bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN returns with a Buchan-esque thriller.

'Torday has an extraordinary gift for making apparent "normality" look sinister and strange' THE TIMES

'Funny, ambitious, multi-layered and quirkily imaginative' SCOTSMAN

'A thrilling read' PRIMA

'Written with confidence and dry humour, it's engaging and funny' BIG ISSUE

'Gripping' NEWS OF THE WORLD

Traumatised by a tour of duty in Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home to his girlfriend with very little of a plan in mind. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling - and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours.

But what starts as a harmless venture turns into something altogether different when Richard recklessly accepts an unusual request from a stranger ...

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9780753826874
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 222 g
Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 20 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Torday has an extraordinary gift for making apparent "normality" look sinister and strange - THE TIMES

Funny, ambitious, multi-layered and quirkily imaginative - THE SCOTSMAN

MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY is gripping. Torday's simple prose belies an elegantly woven story, full of concepts that you can't help but dwell upon - NEWS OF THE WORLD

A thrilling read - PRIMA

A dark thriller scenario, where unlikely events follow hot on the heels of each other to create a hectic narrative - METRO

Torday's prose whips along in this involving, enjoyable novel - VOGUE

There are good reasons why Torday has found success, as this novel shows. There's real substance to the characterisation...a keenness to incorporate the dark and the serious...and to engage with contemporary politics and issues. Above all, there's his desire to entertain and to keep his readers turning those pages - GUARDIAN

Written with confidence and dry humour, it's engaging and funny - BIG ISSUE

In MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY, Torday darkens things...dealing with subject matters such as terrorism, war and post-traumatic stress disorder - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Thought-provoking and hugely entertaining - GOOD BOOK GUIDE

In part an intelligent homage to John Buchan, the book is propelled by a thrillerish plot while at the same time making room for an exploration of its unhappy protagonist's life - THE TABLET

Paul Torday adroitly builds tension in Gaunt's current caper and the unravelling of his life in the past - TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Torday keeps the story moving and tightly knit; he writes in detailed, engaging prose - THE SCOTSMAN

An entertaining book - SPECTATOR

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“Torday, an amazing story teller.”

Paul Torday, in my view, is a fantastic writer - he has an ability to write such a variety of fiction, yet keep his own uniqueness.
This novel shows Torday try his hand at "an old fashioned adventure... More

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“More Than You Can Say”

I was thoroughly engaged with this gripping read from Paul Toroday, so much so that I finished it in a day. I found the characters well formed, believable and refreshingly flawed. The philosophical questions about the... More

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“Not sure about this book”

I was asked to review this book by Waterstones. I have read Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and enjoyed it. This book did not immediately grab me like the other one had done.

I accept that he is an accomplished author... More

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