Chris Stewart’s sun lit international bestseller has sold over a million copies.
‘Exquisite: the anecdote flourishes once more.’ Penelope Lively, Daily Telegraph
‘A wonderful book – funny, affectionate and reaching deep beneath the skin’ Daily Mail
‘A charming and lyrical read, awash with the joy of discovery.’ The Guardian
“When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often.”
Kathleen Jamie, Chris Stewart and Tove Jansson (via her family estate) are to donate thousands of copies of their best loved titles to the Waterstones Syrian migrant crisis appeal.
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