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The Ministry of Time (Paperback)
Kaliane Bradley

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. But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy that history when it is living in your house?

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Awards

A Barack Obama reading pick

Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award

Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize

Longlisted for a British Book Award

One of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday Times

A book of the year for: New York Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard, Spectator, Red, NPR, Vanity Fair, People, Slate, Advocate, Sydney Morning Herald, Globe and Mail, Den of Geek, Good Housekeeping, Goodreads, NetGalley and Smithsonian Magazine

Media Reviews

'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

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A Bit More Info

The Author

Author: Kaliane Bradley
Nationality: English

The Book

Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Published: 2025-03-27
First Published:
ISBN: 9781399726368

The Place

Continent: Europe
Country: Britain
City: London