Departures

Name: Departures
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Tony Parsons
ISBN: 9780007459841

Author: Tony Parsons

Narrator: Robin Bowerman

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/27/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Bestselling author Tony Parsons has been appointed Heathrow’s writer-in-residence. The result is Departures – seven stories of high drama, offbeat humour and raw emotion Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before – a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end – and begin. From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre, from the immigration officers who have heard it all before to the firemen who hone their skills by setting the green plane on fire, from the armed police who watch for terrorist attacks to the pilots who have touched the face of god – Heathrow teems with life. In Departures, his first collection of short stories, Tony Parsons takes us deep inside the secret city.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete on November 12, 2012

In August 2011 Tony Parsons became writer-in-residence at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, and these seven interlinked short stories are the result of that fruitful week. Having been connected with Heathrow for most of my professional life I thought this collection might be a bit of an unrewarding ‘busman’s h......more

Goodreads review by Emma on September 20, 2014

I've always had a soft spot for short stories. I enjoyed all the stories in this book but especially the one about the old man who hangs around the airport. The stories offer a look into the behind the scenes activities in an airport which was interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Marina on May 29, 2013

Visiting the book fair last month, I’ve found this small book. I like Tony Parsons a lot, and I was wondering how I didn’t know about this book. I’ve found out that he spent seven days at Heathrow as official airport writer just to write these seven heart-warming stories of life. Departures is a book......more

Goodreads review by Michele Brooker on March 10, 2018

This has made me want to read more Tony Parsons!......more

Goodreads review by Asha on October 01, 2019

A great set of stories from a good writer. Loved the stories were based on an airport. The stories are full of insight of the kind of people who pass through the airport and about those who make it possible for them to do so. Perhaps I enjoyed them more, because as a student of the craft, I could see......more