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How to Stop Time

By Matt Haig
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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig is a novel about Tom Hazard, a man who looks like an ordinary 41-year-old but has been alive for centuries. He suffers from a rare condition that allows him to live for hundreds of years. As he navigates the challenges of modern life while grappling with his long past, Tom's journey explores love, identity, and the complexity of time.
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You might enjoy this novel if you appreciate historical fiction with a twist of fantasy. It follows the captivating journey of a protagonist who ages extraordinarily slowly, exploring love and identity across different time periods. Blending adventure, romance, and introspection, it's perfect for those who like stories that traverse time and resonate with themes of life and immortality.

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How to Stop Time

The top ten bestseller from the author of TheMidnight Library and The Humans.

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How to Stop Time

How many lifetimes does it take to learn how to live?

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all.

As long as he keeps changing his identity, he can stay one step ahead of his past — and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love.

But what if the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him?

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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig is praised for its imaginative and ambitious storytelling that combines fantasy elements with historical depth. Reviewers have highlighted its provocative and delightful nature, with heartwarming and perceptive prose that captures the human condition. It is regarded as hugely entertaining, with an infectious passion for history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838858476

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 236g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive, Notes on a Nervous Planet and seven highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. The Midnight Library was an instant bestseller and a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick and was winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2020. It has become a worldwide phenomenon and multi-million copy bestseller. The audiobook is read by Carey Mulligan.

Haig also writes award-winning books for children, including A Boy Called Christmas, which has been made into a feature film with an all-star cast. He has sold more than three million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over fifty languages.

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