“ Immensely enjoyable ”
Sunday Times
“ Treads the delicate balance between heartbreak and hope perfectly ”
Good Housekeeping
“ Joyful, with a pitch-perfect ending ”
Daily Express
Paperback
9781405924207
February 5, 2019
Michael Joseph
480 pages
Hardback
9780718183189
February 15, 2018
Michael Joseph
480 pages
Trade Paperback
9780718183196
January 29, 2018
Michael Joseph
480 pages
Audio CD
9781405929370
February 15, 2018
Michael Joseph
EBook
9781405924214
January 25, 2018
Penguin eBooks
1
It was the moustache that reminded me I was no longer in England: a solid, grey millipede firmly obscuring the man’s upper lip; a Village People moustache, a cowboy moustache, the miniature head of a broom that meant business. You just didn’t get that kind of moustache at home. I couldn’t tear my eyes from it.
‘Ma’am?’
The only person I had ever seen with a moustache like that at home was Mr Naylor, our maths teacher, and he collected Digestive crumbs in his – we used to count them during algebra.
‘Ma’am?’
‘Oh. Sorry.’
The man in the uniform motioned me forward with a flick of his stubby finger. He did not look up from his screen. I waited at the booth, long-haul sweat drying gently into my shirt. He held up his hand, waggling four fat fingers. This, I grasped after several seconds, was a demand for my passport.
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