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Christmas 2011's bestselling hardback released in a beautiful paperback edition for winter 2012. It begins with Goose, who is lost. His parents are no longer alive and now his dog Mutt has gone missing. But then Anthony appears - a man who seems to know everything about those he meets, but nothing at all about himself. Who is he, how does he know so much, and can he help Goose and the others recover what they've lost? So begins a dramatic adventure through love, loss and the quest for home. A major film version, starring Eddie Izzard as Anthony, is to be broadcast on the BBC over this Christmas period.
Synopsis
It's a Wonderful Life meets modern Manchester in this heartwarming story of an orphaned boy who meets a mysterious stranger on Christmas Eve.
