Konstantin

Konstantin is that rare creature, the practical dreamer, a hero at the dawn of modernity. Beautifully written … a real achievement – Andrew Miller, author of ‘Pure’Mesmerizing intensity …daring … Konstantin fascinatingly brings us an imagined portrait of a boy turning into a man that refuses to give us any simple solutions * TLS *Enchanting, wonderfully eloquent. A very alluring read * Time Out *A charming novel, sensitively told * Prospect *A magnificent piece of writing … punctuated with moments of beauty and of fascination * Polari Magazine *Bullough succeeds in translating the science of lunar travel into concrete, apposite and lyrical imagery…Here is a writer with a sculptor’s sensibility * New Welsh Review *A convincing account, lyrical yet exact, of the making of a scientist. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky may not be a household name, but the author has set him squarely before us as a living, thinking, ingenious human being – John BanvilleWonderful. Historical fiction that wears history lightly * Observer *Well-written … moving and expressive * The Times *

Tom Bullough was born in 1975 and is the author of two previous novels. He lives in Breconshire, in mid-Wales, with his wife and young son.

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