Redhead by the Side of the Road

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM

Anne Tyler author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:1st Apr '21

£9.99

Available for immediate dispatch.

Redhead by the Side of the Road cover

*A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM*

A perfect love story for imperfect people.

Micah Mortimer measures out his days running errands for work, maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is in a long-term relationship with his woman friend Cassia, but they live apart. His carefully calibrated life is regular, steady, balanced.

But then the order of things starts to tilt. Cassia is threatened with eviction, and when a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son, he is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle.

Can Micah, a man to whom those around him always seem just out of reach, find a way back to his perfectly imperfect love story?

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020**

'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce

'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali


'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks

'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson

Bursting with vitality and variety, it's a tour de force . . . characters almost leap off the page with authenticity, speech and body language wonderfully caught * Sunday Times *
Tyler’s piercing omniscience is on full, enthralling display * Vanity Fair *
A book this lovely feels practically heaven-sent…. Crisp and direct, yet full of subtle touches, it’s a big-hearted tale of roads not taken — a delight from start to finish * Daily Mail *
Anne Tyler really is the best. This reads as if she wrote it in one flawless seamless sitting. The sheer brilliance of making it all seem so effortless -- Graham Norton
Almost unbearably poignant . . . a moving and perceptive story about one man’s inability to connect with others and his gradual move towards greater self-fulfilment * Sunday Express *

ISBN: 9781529112450

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm

Weight: 138g

192 pages