Book description
Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his
week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport.
Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before - a secret city
populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a
place where journeys and dreams end - and begin.
From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air
Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions
and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow's Animal Reception Centre, from
the immigration officers who have heard it all before to the firemen who
hone their skills by setting the green plane on fire, from the armed
police who watch for terrorist attacks to the pilots who have touched
the face of god - Heathrow teems with life.
In Departures, his first collection of short stories, Tony Parsons takes
us deep inside the secret city. 'A fascinating concept, very well
executed . . . Perfect to dip in and out of.' Sun
'Packs a surprisingly strong punch . . . Parsons captures just what it
means to be grounded in a transitory world' Mirror Tony Parsons is the
author of Man and Boy, winner of the Book of the Year prize. His
subsequent novels - One For My Baby, Man and Wife, The Family Way,
Stories We Could Tell, My Favourite Wife and Men from the Boys - were
all bestsellers. He lives in London.
