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Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards; he can recite pi to a thousand decimal places and remembers every conversation he's ever had. He is 10 years old. Howard McNamee is 28: lonely, overweight and poorly educated. He lives in the north of England in the home he shared with his mother before she died. Struggling to pay his rent with a succession of menial jobs, Howard comes home each day and talks to the late Mrs McNamee, as he sits in front of the wardrobe that still contains her clothes. Through a series of unexpected events, these two solitary people find themselves forming an unlikely friendship and embarking on an extraordinary adventure: seen by the world as an apparent abduction, the road trip they take together is at once an exhilarating escape bid, a journey into Howard's past and a bewitchingly strange voyage of discovery for man and boy.

About the Author :
Adam Foulds was born in 1974 and lives in south London. He is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia and his poetry has appeared in a number of literary magazines. THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE STRANGE TIMES is his first novel. Previous titles: None.

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"there is much to admire in this debut, from the assured descriptions to the well-judged blend of comedy and drama - The Times - Doug Johnstone Featured on their Great New Writers list - The Sunday Times An unusual debut novel about a road trip that defies all expectations" - The Herald - Rosemary Goring The cast of characters the two meet on their voyage of discovery are beautifully brought to life in this poetic debut novel - The Northern Echo this extremely fine novel is written with a wonderful clarity and precision - The Sunday Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780297852735
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Height: 222 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Weight: 520 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0297852736
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jul 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Width: 144 mm


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