Francis Spufford: Light Perpetual: 'Heartbreaking . . . a boundlessly rich novel.' Telegraph [2022] paperback ZARTA "When the kids have finished

"When the kids have finished with this

magazine writing about royal babies and the chances of finding a plus one to her best friend's summer wedding are looking worryingly slim

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and widely acclaimed

Francis Spufford: Light Perpetual: 'Heartbreaking . . . a boundlessly rich novel.' Telegraph [2022] paperback ZARTA "When the kids have finished**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021** ** From the author of Golden Hill ** 'My god he can write.' Richard Osman 'Glorious.' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating.' TLS 'Brilliant.' Observer 'Dazzling.' The Times 'Extraordinary.' Financial Times 'Superb.' Guardian November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young children are atomised in an instant. Here are the futures they might have known, had they experienced the unimaginable changes of the