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Light Perpetual

11 Ratings

4.1

Duration
12H 37min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

NOMINATED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE

November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant.

November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century.

Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances.

Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.

From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, a novel of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting.

'Dazzling.' The Times

'Exceptional.' Guardian

'Brilliant.' Observer

'Extraordinary.' Financial Times

© 2021 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781004031689

Release date

Audiobook: February 4, 2021

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