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Ditto
James Delbourgo
A transatlantic identity thriller about the Special Fixationship between Britain and America.
Francis Drake works at the Passport Office in London, but never goes anywhere. On furlough after a data breach, he flies to New York, only to find he’s carrying a passport issued to an American called Frank Draka — a man who appears to have stolen his face, his birthday and possibly his life.
New York. New passport. New you?
Coming soon in paperback, e-book and audiobook.
– STEPHEN FRY
“I read Ditto with mounting delight. This is a genuinely enthralling mixture of thriller, fantasy and (secretly profound) enquiry into identity and belonging. Exquisitely timed in its revelations and surprises, Ditto deserves to be a Hitto.”
– STEPHEN FRY
– JACOB M. APPEL
author of Millard Salter’s Last Day
“In James Delbourgo’s wildly inventive novel Ditto, a beguilingly comic case of mistaken identity becomes an unsettling philosophical thriller. Witty and trenchant, Ditto is an ingenious tour de force.”
– JACOB M. APPEL
author of Millard Salter’s Last Day
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