Mister Pip Bloomsbury Circus Like its predecessor

Like its predecessor

Paula recalls her contented childhood

a herb-scented garden

Painstakingly restored from Tolkiens manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story

Shortlisted for NINE literary awards

Mister Pip Bloomsbury Circus Like its predecessorYou cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames. Bougainville. 1991. A small village on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Eighty six days have passed since Matilda's last day of school as, quietly, war is encroaching from the other end of the