Bradley, Kaliane / Escritor
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025.
The romantic, sci-fi, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller'The hit of the year'Guardian'Addictive'Independent'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear'Financial Times'Readers, I envy you: There's a smart, witty novel in your future'Washington Post A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, supporting and monitoring expat '1847' - Commander Graham Gore, a former Victorian polar explorer. Gore, an adventurer by trade, soon adjusts to this bizarre new world of washing machines, feminism and Spotify; and during a long, sultry summer the pair move from awkwardness to friendship to something more.
