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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Nov 29, 2025 6:27 AM

Author:Rachel Joyce

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

*Companion edition to the major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author of the internationally bestselling book, directed by Hettie Macdonald (Normal People) and starring Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton

*Contains exclusive new behind-the-scenes insights and colour photographs

Harold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day...and just keeps walking.

This edition includes stills from the film; also exclusive material about adapting novel to book by Rachel Joyce; Rachel Joyce in conversation with the producers; and insights from the producer about the challenges of making the movie.

'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching.' Claire Tomalin

'From the moment I met Harold Fry, I didn't want to leave him. Impossible to put down.' Erica Wagner, The Times

Reviews

If you’re a Hunger Games fan, then move Starters straight to the top of your to-read pile – you’ll love it.

—— Metro

The concept is compulsively gruesome . . . Price develops her plot and characters with tight, punchy writing and a sure, confident touch. There must be a movie in this . . .

—— The Daily Mail

A bona fide page-turner.

—— MTV.com

Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best.

—— Los Angeles Times

This bleak dystopian novel makes a compelling read . . . Grabs the reader's attention from the first page

—— Booktrust

Price is a gifted writer.

—— Lionel Shriver

Big dystopian acquisition set in an ageing, post-war world where youth is coveted at a near impossible price. The author's screenwriting day job is evident in the high-concept, high-octane plot. Sequel to follow this autumn.

—— Fiona Noble , The Bookseller

The ambiguous and tantalizing ending to this original and exciting story signals a sequel.

—— School Librarian
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