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Michael Young is a brilliant young history student whose life is changed when he meets Leo Zuckerman, an ageing physicist with a theory that can change worlds.

Together they realise that they have the power to alter history and eradicate a great evil. But tinkering with timelines is more dangerous than they can imagine and nothing - past, present or future - will ever be the same again.

''The tensions and resolutions are intrinsically comic, made still more enjoyable by [Fry''s] sinuous invention and cleverness at caricature'' Spectator

''Sprightly and entertaining'' Telegraph



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Stephen Fry at his twinkling best * Sunday Times *
His best novel yet ... an extravagant, deeply questioning work of science fiction * GQ *
A sci-fi comedy that is also a time-travel thriller, constantly topical and always surprising... packed with the author's personal enthusiasm and hatreds, the former red-hot and the latter icy-black * Literary Review *
A powerful imaginative pull that keeps the pages turning while the tea goes cold and the cat gets the goldfish * The Independent *
A sprightly and entertaining read * Daily Telegraph *

Making History

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    A Paperback / softback by Stephen Fry

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
      Published 5 August 2004
      ISBN-13 9780099457060
      978-0099457060
      ISBN-10 0099457067
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      Contemporary Fiction Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Satire & Humour

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Michael Young is a brilliant young history student whose life is changed when he meets Leo Zuckerman, an ageing physicist with a theory that can change worlds.

      Together they realise that they have the power to alter history and eradicate a great evil. But tinkering with timelines is more dangerous than they can imagine and nothing - past, present or future - will ever be the same again.

      ''The tensions and resolutions are intrinsically comic, made still more enjoyable by [Fry''s] sinuous invention and cleverness at caricature'' Spectator

      ''Sprightly and entertaining'' Telegraph



      Trade Review
      Stephen Fry at his twinkling best * Sunday Times *
      His best novel yet ... an extravagant, deeply questioning work of science fiction * GQ *
      A sci-fi comedy that is also a time-travel thriller, constantly topical and always surprising... packed with the author's personal enthusiasm and hatreds, the former red-hot and the latter icy-black * Literary Review *
      A powerful imaginative pull that keeps the pages turning while the tea goes cold and the cat gets the goldfish * The Independent *
      A sprightly and entertaining read * Daily Telegraph *

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