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The Ministry of Time: The romantic, sci-fi, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller

Kaliane Bradley

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London, Greater London, 21st century, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Science fiction, Romance, Adult & contemporary romance

The Time Traveller's Wife meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow in a wildly original debut novel by a major new talent.

One of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday Times

A book of the year for the New York Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard, Spectator, Vanity Fair, People, Advocate, Sydney Morning Herald, Globe and Mail, Den of Geek, Good Housekeeping and Goodreads

'A sparkling delight' Observer
'Make room on your bookshelves for a new classic' Max Porter
'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear' Financial Times
'A wonderful debut' David Nicholls
'I loved its combination of extreme whimsy, high seriousness and cool understatement' The Times
'Clever, witty and thought-provoking' Kate Mosse

A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible.

Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, supporting and monitoring expat '1847' - Commander Graham Gore, a former Victorian polar explorer. Gore, an adventurer by trade, soon adjusts to this bizarre new world of washing machines, feminism and Spotify; and during a long, sultry summer the pair move from awkwardness to friendship to something more.

But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy that history when it is living in your house?

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  • Holy smokes this novel is an absolute cut above! Kaliane Bradley leaps into a storytelling league of her own. This book is a deadly serious speculative fiction but it is also one of the funniest books I've read in years. It is exciting, surprising, intellectually provocative, weird, radical, tender and moving. I missed it when I was away from it. I will hurry to re-read it. Make room on your bookshelves for a new classic.

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