The Edge of the Alphabet no-tag his route to becoming Britain’s

his route to becoming Britain’s prime minister included a landmark career as a journalist

As part of our 40th anniversary series

and of a late-life affair

language and rich artwork

The board books are told in simple sentences

The Edge of the Alphabet no-tag his route to becoming Britain’sToby Withers, a young man with epilepsy, leaves New Zealand after the death of his mother. While on board a ship to England, he meets Zoe, a middle aged woman looking for a life of meaning and Pat, an Irishman who claims to have many friends but treats people with carelessness. Alike in their alienation, all three embark on a new life in London, piecing together an existence in the margins of the urban world. The Edge of the Alphabet, the third novel