All Quiet on the Orient Express: A 'hilariously surreal' novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author

‘Hilariously surreal. It's a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic' Daily Mirror

A dark, surreally funny novel from the bestselling Booker Prize-shortlisted author

‘Hilariously surreal. It''s a bit like the Coen Brothers directing an Alan Bennett play... Fantastic'' Daily Mirror

‘Understatedly surreal, deadpan gothic, Mills is a master of the uncanny ... Such a fresh fictional voice'' Esquire

It is the end of the summer. The tourists have already gone, and now the sun is abandoning the Lake District''s damp valleys. Only a lone camper remains, enjoying the quiet. He plans to stay just long enough to prepare for a trip to the East.

But then the owner of the campsite asks him to paint a fence and he innocently obliges. Soon other odd jobs pile up until little by little he becomes ensnared in the ominous ‘out-of-season''...

• | Author: Magnus Mills
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2011
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781408813768
• | ISBN-10: 1408813769