A Boy Called Christmas - Softcover

Haig, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782118268 ISBN 13: 9781782118268

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2016

Synopsis

BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE

You are about to read
THE TRUE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS

If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away.
(Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)
Are you still reading?
Good.

Then let us begin...

About this title

Review:

"A new festive classic" (SIMON MAYO)

"The most evergreen, immortal Christmas story for decades" (STEPHEN FRY)

"

Read it!

" (SUNDAY TIMES)

"Terrific . . . an instant classic" (GUARDIAN)

"Perfect for Christmas in every way" (INDEPENDENT)

"A glorious mix of fairytale, folklore and fun" (FRANCESCA SIMON)

"The Christmas book of the year" (THE SUN)

"Matt Haig puts the Happy back into Christmas" (JEANETTE WINTERSON)

"Every bit as funny and poignant as a mouse that has never seen cheese but still believes in it!" (FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE)

"The funny (and heartbreaking) history of Ho, ho, ho! My children loved it too" (YANN MARTEL) --Yann Martel

"Will do for Father Christmas what Christopher Nolan did for Batman" (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY) --Independent on Sunday

"It will delight adults and children alike and has future classic written all over it" (THE BOOKSELLER) --The Bookseller

From the Author:

Matt Haig suffered a breakdown in his early twenties. After battling depression for a long while he turned to writing. He now believes that reading and writing books saved his life, and believes that 'in a world trying to increasingly isolate us from our environment and our true selves, books are our route to freedom, and to each other'. His novels include the bestsellers The Last Family in England, The Radleys and The Humans. His books have been translated into 30 languages. All his novels for adults have been optioned for film. He has also written novels for children, including Shadow Forest, To Be A Cat and the new YA novel Echo Boy. His next book is about his experience of depression, called Reasons To Stay Alive. He won the TV Book Club 'book of the series', and has been shortlisted for a Specsavers National Book Award. The Humans has been chosen as a 2014 World Book Night title. His children's novels have won the Smarties Gold Medal, the Blue Peter Book of the Year, been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times. His books have received praise from Jeanette Winterson, Joanne Harris, Patrick Ness, Ian Rankin and SJ Watson, among others. The Guardian summed up his writing as 'funny, clever and quite, quite lovely' by The Times and the New York Times called him 'a writer of great talent'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782118268
• ISBN 13: 9781782118268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Illustrator: Mould Chris