OUR NOBLE SELVES

The clever and compelling tale of a war scarred journalist caught in the lives of a country rebuilding itself from one of the greatest chroniclers of our times Kate Atkinson An author who never lets you down Reader s Digest Atkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy authority and skill Financial Times Kate Atkinson is simply one of the best writers working today Gillian Flynn global bestselling author of Gone GirlIt s the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them The government s solution The Festival of Britain a celebration of the country s creativity grit and ingenuity For foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn it might offer the chance of redemption after a bad war in the Far East and a peace that is proving no easier to negotiate Having failed to resume his journalistic career he reluctantly joins an oddball team of misfits ne er do wells and downright chancers helping to ready the Festival of Britain for launch Flynn s attempts to resume some semblance of a romantic life also founder when one of his dates goes missing and he is deemed to be the last person to have seen her alive Could he have been in some way responsible for her disappearance Little does he realize that the answer to