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The Dead Fathers Club

A Novel

Author Matt Haig
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Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
On sale Dec 18, 2007 | 336 Pages | 9780143112945
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A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

"Ingenious." —USA Today

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024

Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him.

Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living?
© Kan Lailey
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England. His novels include The Humans, How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library, which has been a number one New York Times bestseller and sold more than fourteen million copies world-wide. His non-fiction works include his award-winning mental illness memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and The Comfort Book. His most recent fiction, The Life Impossible, was a New York Times bestseller. He has also written several children’s books including A Boy Called Christmas, which became a major feature film His work has been published in fifty-six languages and he is an advocate for literacy, libraries, and better mental health provision for everyone. View titles by Matt Haig

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A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

"Ingenious." —USA Today

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024

Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him.

Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living?

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© Kan Lailey
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England. His novels include The Humans, How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library, which has been a number one New York Times bestseller and sold more than fourteen million copies world-wide. His non-fiction works include his award-winning mental illness memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and The Comfort Book. His most recent fiction, The Life Impossible, was a New York Times bestseller. He has also written several children’s books including A Boy Called Christmas, which became a major feature film His work has been published in fifty-six languages and he is an advocate for literacy, libraries, and better mental health provision for everyone. View titles by Matt Haig

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