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This touching novel is the captivating prequel to James Runcie's Grantchester Mysteries series, which has been adapted into ITV's prime-time show starring James Norton and Robson Green.
Fans of William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks will enjoy this surprising origin story that follows the life, loves and losses of 18-year-old Sidney Chambers in post-war London. After gaining a Military Cross and losing his best friend on the battlefields of Italy, Sidney's carefree youth has been blown apart and he must now decide what to do with the rest of his life.
But he has heard a call: constant, quiet and growing ever more persistent. Despite the incredulity of his family and the derision of his friends, Sidney must negotiate his path to God - the course of which never runs smooth...
Why should you buy this book? It's the first full-length novel in the popular series of short stories. It reveals how Sidney found God and will delight fans of the adaptation, too!
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Written with a delicate intelligence . Sidney Chambers is as convincing as any flesh-and-blood creature, not just an idea of a parson. This is because Runcie has thoroughly imagined him and in this coming-of-age novel he shows us how and why he became what he is (Allan Massie Scotsman)
Runcie excels at evoking the look and feel of warfare . Casts the show's first three series in a disturbing but satisfying new light. One can hardly ask for more (Independent)
Hugely enjoyable . Some of the finest writing I have ever read about the sorrow and the pity of war (Herald)
A tremendous novel - shrewd, compelling and full of insight - James Runcie elevates the genre to impressive new heights (William Boyd)
Written with such tenderness, and very moving - I loved it (Elizabeth Buchan)
If you love the TV series Grantchester, don't miss this captivating prequel. It reveals the backstory of how a young Sidney Chambers, carefree in London just before the Second World War, came to be the charming crime-fighting clergyman we know today (Yours)
Charming, clever and warm: perfect comfort food for the soul (Joanne Harris)
Runcie has the gift of a born storyteller (Daily Mail)
Unsparingly, generously truthful (Jim Crace)
He is the simple chonicler of English post-ward life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the pathos of ordinary lives (Sunday Telegraph)
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The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves and losses of a young Sidney Chambers in post-war London
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1408886855
- ISBN 13 9781408886854
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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