- Title:
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The Truth About These Strange Times
- Written by:
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Adam Foulds
- Read by:
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Colin Moody
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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10 hours 54 minutes
- Published:
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September 01 2009
- Available Date:
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September 01 2009
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742333397
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Humorous Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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A brilliant, touching and funny debut about an extraordinary friendship, a kidnapping, memory championships and a Russian bride
Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards in under a minute; he can recite pi to a thousand decimal places and he 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, far from the scene of his difficult Glasgow childhood, in the home he shared with his mother before she died.
Through a series of unexpected events, these two solitary people find themselves forming an unlikely friendship, as Howard is taken under the wing of Saul's parents, thrust into a life in London (where he makes new friends, tries to navigate a bewildering new city, and accidentally acquires a Russian internet fiancée) and Saul prepares himself for the World Memory Championships – the event he has been training for his whole life.
'A stylish debut novel of bittersweet humour.'
The Good Book Guide
'This is a novel bursting with incident, humour, humanity and literary promise.'
The Sunday Times
'Accomplished and confident...there is much to admire in this debut, from the assured descriptions to the well-judged blend of comedy and drama.'
The Times
'An unusual debut novel about a road trip that defies all expectations.'
The Herald