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title: How to Stop Time
subtitle: The Illustrated Edition
description: "*MATT HAIG’S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW * ENHANCED ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF MATT HAIG'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life. Always changing his identity to stay alive, Tom has the perfect cover - working as a history teacher at a London comprehensive. Here he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he'd never witnessed them first-hand. He can try to tame the past that is fast catching up with him. The only thing Tom must not do is fall in love. How to Stop Time is a wild and bittersweet story about losing and finding yourself, about the certainty of change and about the lifetimes it can take to really learn how to live. This special Illustrated Edition features over fifty enchanting line drawings by the award-winning artist Chris Riddell"
categories:
- Fiction
authors:
- [[Matt Haig]]
published_on: 2017-11-02
publisher: Canongate Books
pages: 421
isbn: 1786893185
cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=VZ43DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/How to Stop Time (book).jpg
link: https://amzn.to/3ZKxNRC
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created: 2024-12-18T13:27
updated: 2026-04-01T14:43
public_note: true
---
# How to Stop Time (book)
- Author(s): [[Matt Haig]]
- Link: https://amzn.to/3ZKxNRC
![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/How to Stop Time (book).jpg|200]]
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