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'Evocatively written and charming' - Countryfile The January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder's `The January Man'. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the

In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again - a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket.

The Sunday Times Bestseller. Winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015. BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week'. Traditional ploughland is disappearing.

'Shot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.' A. L. KENNEDY This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end. At a hotel bar

'Subtle, intelligent and humane' Sunday Telegraph 'Boyne not only opens up conversations, he writes beautifully and sensitively' Woman&Home 'A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity' Sunday Express