Great circle

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021

'A gripping historical adventure that feels sharp; fresh and modern' STYLIST
'An amazing literary feat' CURTIS SITTENFELD
'A masterpiece' NIGELLA LAWSON

A soaring; breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen. For fans of TAYLOR JENKINS REID; WILLIAM BOYD and ANN PATCHETT
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I WAS BORN TO BE A WANDERER

From the night she is rescued as a baby out of the flames of a sinking ship to the day she joins a pair of daredevil pilots looping and diving over the rugged forests of her childhood; to the thrill of flying Spitfires during the war; the life of Marian Graves has always been marked by a lust for freedom and danger.

In 1950; she embarks on the great circle flight; circumnavigating the globe. It is Marian's life dream and her final journey; before she disappears without a trace.

Half a century later; Hadley Baxter; a scandal-ridden Hollywood actress whose own parents perished in a plane crash is irresistibly drawn to play Marian Graves; a role that will lead her to probe the true mystery behind the vanished pilot.