# Train Man

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- Book: [Train Man](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-mulligan/train-man) ([Train Man.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-mulligan/train-man.md))
- Authors: [Andrew Mulligan](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-mulligan)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-17-8470-975-4
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2020-07-16
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'Brilliant... profoundly affecting. A beautiful story' - RUTH JONES, author of Never Greener ****** Michael is a broken man. He's waiting for the 09. 46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe for 11. 22: the platforms are long at Crewe and he can walk easily into the path of a high-speed train to London. He's planned it all: a net of tangerines (for when the refreshments trolley is cancelled), and a juice carton, full of whisky. He longs to silence the voices in his head: ex-partners, colleagues, and the unbearable memories of work and school. What Michael hasn't factored in, however, is a twelve-minute delay. He's going to miss his connection - and make a few new ones... ****** 'An absorbing novel... set in the comic wonderland of the English rail network ' Daily Mail 'Carefully crafted and with an undertow of melancholy, Train Man is reminiscent of Nick Hornby's high-concept scenarios ' Guardian 'Mulligan's prose... delivers a strong human story with impressive skill' Mail on Sunday