Faster Than A Cannonball PG25 * A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION

* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ** A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH *'[An] entertaining historical mystery' - SUNDAY TIMES'A wonderfully clever historical novelist' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Vivid characters and wonderful descriptions make this novel sparkle' - DAILY MAILHe looked as if he had just received some very bad news

'What a fascinating book

and giraffes get a lot of press

Further praise for Fragile: 'Fragile is absolutely STUNNING

tensions and moves

Faster Than A Cannonball PG25 * A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTIONDecades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published High Fidelity, when James Brown's Loaded detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of The Bends, the year Danny Boyle started filming Trainspotting, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex