The End Of The Alphabet

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Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he has most loved or ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. And so, Ambrose and his wife, Zipper, embark upon a strange adventure that takes them further and further away from home and doesn't quite turn out as either of them had expected.

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'This book promises enchantment as soon as you pick it up.' Claire Rayner 'A stunning accomplishment. To say so much in so few words is breathtaking. If Alphabet doesn't become the next Tuesdays with Morrie, there's something wrong with the world. Though, it's nothing like Tuesdays - because it's so much more. Give it to the one you love; to someone who has lost, or is losing, someone; and to anyone who needs to hope, who needs to cry, or who needs to really dream. It's that powerful.' Publishers Weekly 'An elegant, spare and beautifully written tale. The surprise of this little book is not that it is poignant but that it is delightful: graceful, stylish, humorous, and intelligent - each page shimmers with life at its gentle, everyday best.' Washington Post 'A sad and sweet debut, with prose as taut as a spider's web - a tear-stained goodbye note and a heartfelt love letter.' L A Times

Author Bio

CS Richardson's first novel, The End of the Alphabet, was an international best-seller published in fourteen countries and eleven languages. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean), it was named on four Best of the Year lists and was adapted for radio by BBC Radio 3. Richardson is also an accomplished and award-winning book designer. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada.