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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August: The word-of-mouth bestseller you won't want to miss

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August: The word-of-mouth bestseller you won't want to miss

Contributors:

By (Author) Claire North

ISBN:

9780356502588

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint:

Orbit

Publication Date:

26th August 2014

UK Publication Date:

28th August 2014

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

823.92

Prizes:

Winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015 (UK)

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

448

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 196mm, Spine 28mm

Weight:

310g

Description

Harry August is on his deathbed. Again.

No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes.

Until now.

As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says. 'I need to send a message.'

This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

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Novels:

TOUCH

THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HOPE

Reviews

Utterly readable, utterly believable and compelling . . . one of the fiction highlights of the decade - Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club

Beautiful and gripping - GUARDIAN

The writing is impeccable . . Plus Harry is a fascinating main character . . . And if his next 15 lives are half as eventful, we look forward to the sequel - HEAT

An astonishing re-invention of the time-travel narrative. Bold, magical and masterful - M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

I don't say this lightly but The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is one of the top ten books I've ever read - James Dashner, bestselling author of THE MAZE RUNNER

A masterful literary thriller - io9

Author Bio

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.

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