Perfect - From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

It is her clever did-I-read-that-right twist at the end that really got to me and had me scrabbling through the chapters, open-mouthed.' Evening Standard Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin 'Operation Perfect', a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis. Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local cafe, a solitary figure struggling with OCD. His job is a relief from the rituals that govern his nights.Little would seem to connect them except that two seconds can change everything. And if your world can be shattered in an instant, can time also put it right?

About the author

Rachel Joyce

Summary

Summer, 1972: In the claustrophobic heat, eleven-year-old Byron and his friend begin 'Operation Perfect', a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis. Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local cafe, a solitary figure struggling with OCD.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Joyce, Joyce Rachel
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780552778107
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77810-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Black Swan
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Adventure fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships