Elan Mastai

The Radio 2 Book Club Choice ***'Witty and emotional ... a page-turning delight' Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteThis is a love story that could only happen because of a time-travel accident. In it we meet Tom and Penny, who belong to a world so perfect there's no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocados. But when something awful happens to Penny and Tom tries to make it right - you guessed it, with time travel - he accidentally destroys everything and wakes up in our broken, mixed-up world. Only here, Penny and Tom have a second chance. Should he try to fix everything and go back to his brilliant, but loveless world, or remain in our messy, complicated one and take a chance on being happy with Penny?'A mind-bending time travel caper' Guardian'Sharp and funny' Daily Mail'Thrilling and refreshingly optimistic' Andy Weir, author of The Martian'Amazing, dazzling, exuberant, touching' Washington Post

You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we d have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren s 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed . . . because it wasn t necessary.Except Tom just can t seem to find his place in this dazzling, idealistic world, and that s before his life gets turned upside down. Utterly blindsided by an accident of fate, Tom makes a rash decision that drastically changes not only his own life but the very fabric of the universe itself. In a time-travel mishap, Tom finds himself stranded in our 2016, what we think of as the real world. For Tom, our normal reality seems like a dystopian wasteland.But when he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and maybe, just maybe his soul mate, Tom has a decision to make. Does he fix the flow of history, bringing his utopian universe back into existence, or does he try to forge a new life in our messy, unpredictable reality? Tom s search for the answer takes him across countries, continents, and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future our future is supposed to be.

hat means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have.But it never should''ve turned out like this. And it''s all my fault - well, me and to a lesser extent my father.And, yeah, I guess a little bit Penelope.In both worlds, she''s the love of my life. But only a single version of her can exist.I have one impossible chance to fix history''s greatest mistake and save this broken world.Except it means saving one Penelope and losing the other forever - and I have absolutely no idea which to choose . . .

Una irreverente novela de ciencia ficción romántica. Emocionante, divertida, inteligente. Una novela como nunca has leído ninguna. «La física tiene soluciones y el corazón solo tiene preguntas.» Tom

Una irreverente novela de ciencia ficción romántica.Emocionante, divertida, inteligente. Una novela como nunca has leído ninguna.«La física tiene soluciones y el corazón solo tiene preguntas.»Tom Bar