The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
- Author Rachel Joyce
- Narrator Jim Broadbent
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 9 hours and 57 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Sense of place.
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner: New Writer of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards 2012
When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof, or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking - to save someone else's life.
Harold Fry is the most ordinary of men. He just might be a hero for us all.
Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent has starred in a huge range of films, from British favourites including Bridget Jones, Hot Fuzz and The Iron Lady, to Hollywood blockbusters such as Moulin Rouge, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Harry Potter films. He is set to star in the upcoming film adaptation of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Critics Review
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One of the sweetest, most delicately-written stories I’ve read in a long time. One man’s walk along the length of England to save the life of a dying woman. Each chapter describes a different encounter along the way, with a definite nod to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Philosophical, intriguing, and profoundly moving.
Foyles website -
Uplifting, funny and delicate
The Daily Telegraph -
A wonderful book … Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving.
Esther Freud -
Tender and funny, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry shows that even our frailties can be uplifting and redemptive.
Edward Stourton -
Harold Fry is infuriating, hilarious and completely out of his depth, but I held my breath at his every blister and cramp and, felt, as if by turning the pages, I might help his impossible quest succeed. Marvellous!
Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
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