Light Perpetual : 'Heartbreaking . . . a boundlessly rich novel.' Telegraph

Synopsis: **Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021** From the author of Golden Hill

November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young children are atomised in an instant. Here are the futures they might have known, had they experienced the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century - futures that illuminate the miraculous in the everyday, and the preciousness of life itself.

'My god he can write.' Richard Osman

'Glorious.' Evening Standard

'Exhilarating.' TLS

'Brilliant.' Observer

'Dazzling.' The Times

'Extraordinary.' Financial Times

'Superb.' Guardian

Author: Spufford, Francis (author), Spufford, Francis (author)

Format: Paperback

Pagination: 336 pages

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date: 03/02/2022

BIC: London, Greater London