We have recently updated our Privacy Policy. The site uses cookies to offer you a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you accept our Cookie Policy, you can change your settings at any time.

View Privacy PolicyView Cookie Policy
MENU
SHOPS
SEARCH
0
Basket
 
Spend another £19.98 to qualify for free UK delivery.
Your order qualifies for free UK delivery.

Your basket is empty.

    • Books
This book can be found in:
Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction
Perfect (Paperback)
  • Perfect (Paperback)
zoom

Perfect (Paperback)

(author)
£8.99
Paperback 448 Pages / Published: 27/02/2014
  • In stock online

Usually dispatched within 24 hours

  • This item has been added to your basket
View basket Checkout
Your local Waterstones may have stock of this item. Please check by using Click & Collect
View other formats and editions
Synopsis
`It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling through the chapters, open-mouthed.' Evening Standard Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin `Operation Perfect', a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis. Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local cafe, a solitary figure struggling with OCD. His job is a relief from the rituals that govern his nights. Little would seem to connect them except that two seconds can change everything. And if your world can be shattered in an instant, can time also put it right?

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552778107
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 304 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 28 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS
"A near-flawless novel of emotional truth. Joyce executes this story with precision and flair... Its unputdownable factor lies in its exploration of so many multilayered emotions... It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling back through the chapters, open-mouthed." * Evening Standard *
"The power of Joyce's prose lies in small, astute observations... [her] subtle touches give the book an intense, slightly mesmeric feel. Tense and engrossing... readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed." * Sunday Times *
"Joyce's faith in the essential goodness of humanity and her observation of the comedy in the everyday shine through... This is a darker, more complex novel than Joyce's first but readers will find other points of comparison. Not least a twist that few will see coming and will leave you reeling; and a redemptive ending that is perhaps the sweeter given all the pain that goes before. An instant classic, Perfect confirms Rachel Joyce as a major new British literary voice." * Daily Express *
"Diana herself is faultless. She is to Perfect what Harold Fry was to [The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry]: a fully rounded hero, someone to fall in love with and argue about, cherish and admonish, as though she were real... If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce" * Telegraph *
"What's right with it? You'll fall in love with the characters. They're kind, anxious, flawed, funny and wonderful. Also, knowing that the two stories will have to meet builds a wonderful sense of tension. What's wrong with it? Nothing. It's brilliant. Even the fact that Byron is convinced that scientists tried to slip an extra two seconds into time is a wonderful hook for all the decisions he goes on to make. Verdict: Uplifting, engaging, sad and funny. A perfect follow-up to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry." * Heat magazine's #1 book to be reading right now (July) *

You may also be interested in...

Norse Mythology
Added to basket
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
Normal People
Added to basket
Normal People
Sally Rooney
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
The Break
Added to basket
The Break
Marian Keyes
£7.99   £5.99
Paperback
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Added to basket
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Genki Kawamura
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
After the Party
Added to basket
After the Party
Cressida Connolly
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
In a House of Lies
Added to basket
In a House of Lies
Ian Rankin
£20.00   £15.99
Hardback
An Unsuitable Match
Added to basket
An Unsuitable Match
Joanna Trollope
£7.99   £5.99
Paperback
Uncommon Type
Added to basket
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
Anatomy of a Scandal
Added to basket
Anatomy of a Scandal
Sarah Vaughan
£7.99   £5.99
Paperback
Crazy Rich Asians
Added to basket
Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
£7.99   £5.99
Paperback
Killing Commendatore
Added to basket
Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami
£20.00   £15.99
Hardback
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Added to basket
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Lars Mytting
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
Snap
Added to basket
Snap
Belinda Bauer
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Added to basket
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback
Lethal White
Added to basket
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
£20.00   £13.99
Hardback
Winter
Added to basket
Winter
Ali Smith
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback

Reviews

View all

“Perfect Perfect”

A total delight for anyone who harks back to those halcyon days when housewives smartened up their A line skirts and pearls in readiness for their husbands’ return from the office. A time when children drank Sunquick... More

Hardback edition
26th April 2014
Helpful? Upvote 34

“Perfect”

I haven't read Rachel Joyce's previous novel which was so well reviewed, and only picked this up because we had been sent a proof copy - I am so glad I did. I was completely hooked and ended up being late to... More

Hardback edition
11th July 2013
Helpful? Upvote 24

“A moving and beautifully told story”

Like many people, I really enjoyed Rachel Joyce's first book, 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry', so was really looking forward to what she would come up with next. I liked 'Perfect' even... More

Hardback edition
30th September 2013
Helpful? Upvote 23

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.