Light Perpetual : Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021 by Francis Spufford

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'Dazzling.' The Times'Exceptional.' Guardian'Brilliant.' Observer'Extraordinary.' Financial TimesNovember 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant. November 1944.

That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century. Because maybe there are always other futures.

Other chances. From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.

• Format:
  • Hardback
  • 336 pages
• Publisher:Faber & Faber
• Imprint:Faber & Faber
• Edition:Main
• ISBN:9780571336487
• Published:4 Feb 2021
• Classifications:
  • London, Greater London,
  • Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
  • Second World War fiction,
  • Historical fiction
• Readership:
  • General (US: Trade)
• Weight:576g
• Dimensions:162 x 242 x 33 (mm)
• Pub. Country:United Kingdom