The Vanishing Hours Av Barney Norris

<b>''<i>S</i>hot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.'' A. L. KENNEDY </b><br><b><br>''Moving and unconventionally wise'' <i>Guardian </i></b><br><br><i>This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end.</i><br><br>At a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken by heartbreak and scattered with unfulfilled dreams. His is a dizzying tale of an unending quest for someone he lost in his youth.<br><br>From the blustery cliffs of Dover to the confines of a dark prison cell; from the courtroom witness box to the West End stage, we join him as he slips through time.<br><br>Extraordinary though his story is, what she has to reveal is even more surprising, and will take them to a place neither of them – or you – expected.<br><br><b>From the bestselling author of FIVE RIVERS MET ON A WOODED PLAIN comes this captivating novel about love, abandonment, and the power of stories to help us find meaning in a confusing world – a world that can sometimes threaten to overwhelm us, but one that is rich with possibility, and always full of wonder.</b>