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Selected by Sarah Broadhurst
November 2011 Book of the Month.
Very different from his previous novels but this tightly written story with a PTSD suffering ex-soldier as the narrator is a gripping and rewarding read. Don’t be fooled by the quirky introspective start, it quickly accelerates to an edge of the seat contemporary thriller.
Look out for Paul Torday's new book, The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall, published in January 2012.
Comparison: Colin Cotterill, Julian Barnes, Alexander McCall Smith
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Synopsis
More Than You Can Say by Paul Torday
Traumatised by a tour of duty in Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home to his girlfriend with very little of a plan in mind. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling - and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours. But what starts as a harmless venture turns into something altogether different when Richard recklessly accepts an unusual request from a stranger ...
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A high-octane and life-affirming adventure DAILY EXPRESS pacy adventure story SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A 39 Steps-style hero, Gaunt's adventures thrill and unsettle us. TELEGRAPH & ARGUS 20111112
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Paul Torday was born in 1946 and read English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford. He spent the next 30 years working in engineering and in industry, after which he scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition - to write. He burst on to the literary scene in 2006 with his first novel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, an immediate bestseller that has been sold in 25 countries. He is married with two sons by a previous marriage and has two stepsons and lives close to the River North Tyne.
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