An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.
'A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . . . funny, moving, surprising and thought-provoking. It humanises literature in this toxic moment.'
MAX PORTER, author of Lanny
'Like a modern day Turner, Will Ashon surveys England with a novelist's eye for empathy and craft. Fascinating.'
ROGER ROBINSON, author of A Portable Paradise

'Seemingly simple yet so deeply profound, The Passengers is an absorbing insight into the lives and minds of so-called ordinary people: their hopes and fears and idiosyncrasies at a specific moment in time.'
CLIO BARNARD, director of Ali & Ava and The Essex Serpent
Between October 2018 and March 2021, Will Ashon collected voices - people talking about their lives, needs, dreams, loves, hopes and fears - all of them with some connection to...]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:10 +0300