The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

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'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .'

Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challenge Peter's beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.

The Book of Strange New Things is a wildly original tale of adventure, faith and the ties that might hold two people together when they are worlds apart. This momentous novel, Faber's first since The Crimson Petal and the White, sees him at his expectation-defying best.

WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4

  • ISBN10 0553418858
  • ISBN13 9780553418859
  • Publish Date 1 January 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 May 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Hogarth
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 320
  • Language English