Departures: Seven Stories from Heathrow

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Classics
Cover of the book Departures: Seven Stories from Heathrow by Tony Parsons, HarperCollins Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tony Parsons ISBN: 9780007460113
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: October 27, 2011
Imprint: HarperCollins Language: English
Author: Tony Parsons
ISBN: 9780007460113
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: October 27, 2011
Imprint: HarperCollins
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from HarperCollins Publishers

Cover of the book Collins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Hopelessly Devoted To You by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book A Daughter’s Courage by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Extinction: Evolution and the End of Man by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book High Tide: How Climate Crisis is Engulfing Our Planet by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book The Little Bakery of Hopes and Dreams by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Collins Pub Quiz (Difficult) by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book More Than a Mouthful: Adventures of a Dentist by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Only Forward (Voyager Classics) by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book The Passionate Love of a Rake (The Marlow Family Secrets, Book 2) by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899–1945 by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Colaba Conspiracy by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book How to Deal With Difficult People by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Woodsman by Tony Parsons
Cover of the book Your Personal Horoscope 2009: Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign by Tony Parsons
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy