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020			_a9781399726344 _qhardback
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050		4	_aPR6102.R3333 _bM56 2024
100			_aBradley, Kaliane, _eauthor. _925004
245	1	4	_aThe Ministry of Time _c/ Kaliane Bradley.
264		1	_aLondon, England : _bSceptre, _c2024.
300			_a353 pages : _bmap, portrait ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aIn the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more. But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the structures and histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy history when history is living in your house?
610		0	_aGreat Britain _xOfficials and employees _vFiction. _925005
611		0	_aJohn Franklin Arctic Expedition _d(1845-1851) _vFiction.
650		0	_aCivil service _vFiction.
650		0	_aTime travel _vFiction. _922838
650		0	_aRoommates _vFiction.
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