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Longlisted: The Man Booker Prize 2014
Published by Hodder: 28 October 2014

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David Nicholls’ comic history of a family in jeopardy, recounted over the course of what may well be their final weeks together

Douglas Petersen’s 21-year-old marriage to Connie is almost over. When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for university. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But there’s still the summer holiday to get through - a Grand Tour of Europe’s major cities. Over the course of this epic journey, Douglas devises a cunning plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.

David Nicholls

David Nicholls’s began his career as an actor, under the stage name David Holdaway, before becoming a novelist and television and film scriptwriter, adapting his own works and classic novels

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