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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

The film tie-in edition to the major motion picture

Rachel Joyce author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:13th Apr '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry cover

*Companion edition to the major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author of the internationally bestselling book, directed by Hettie Macdonald (Normal People) and starring Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton

*Contains exclusive new behind-the-scenes insights and colour photographs


Harold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day...and just keeps walking.

This edition includes stills from the film; also exclusive material about adapting novel to book by Rachel Joyce; Rachel Joyce in conversation with the producers; and insights from the producer about the challenges of making the movie.

'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching.' Claire Tomalin

'From the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down.' Erica Wagner, The Times

  • Long-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2012 (UK)

ISBN: 9781529177190

Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 26mm

Weight: 300g

416 pages