He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but due to a rare condition, he has been alive for centuries. Tom Hazard has just moved back to London to take a job as a high school history teacher. The Midnight Library is out now in the UK and America.How to Stop Time is a historical fantasy novel by English writer Matt Haig, published in July 2017. 'A brilliant premise and great fun to have so many stories within one book' Daily Mail

'Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental health of our age and, in his latest novel, he has taken a clever, engaging concept and created a heart-warming story that offers wisdom in the same deceptively simple way as Mitch Albom's best tales' 'Clever, emotional and thought-inspiring' 'A beautiful book to get lost in' Zoe Ball 'Amazing and utterly beautiful, The Midnight Library is everything you'd expect from the genius storyteller who is Matt Haig' Joanna Cannon 'An uplifting, poignant novel about regret, hope and second chances' David Nicholls 'A beguiling read, filled with warmth and humour, and a vibrant celebration of the power of books to change lives.' How to Stop Time is a wild and bittersweet story about losing and finding yourself, about the certainty of change and about the lifetimes it can take to really learn how to live. The only thing Tom mustn’t do is fall in love. He can try and tame the past that is fast catching up with him. Here he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he’d never witnessed them first-hand. From Elizabethan England to Jazz Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life.Īlways changing his identity to stay alive, Tom has the perfect cover – working as a history teacher at a London comprehensive.

He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he’s been alive for centuries. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong.’ The thing you are least likely to believe. How to Stop Time will be published on 6th July 2017. Cumberbatch is attached to star and executive produce through SunnyMarch, along with Jamie Byng, CEO of Canongate. SunnyMarch and Studiocanal have acquired the film rights to How to Stop Time.

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