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Will Randall is a teacher and traveller, currently living and teaching in France. Will is the author of LIMEY GUMSHOE (Abacus 2008), ANOTHER LONG DAY ON THE PISTE (Abacus 2006), BOTSWANA TIME (Abacus 2005), INDIAN SUMMER (Abacus 2004) and SOLOMON TIME (Abacus 2002). He is published in several languages. Will is a witty and experienced public speaker and is available for after dinner speaking, events and festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for LIMEY GUMSHOE:
\u201can admirable record, a rollercoaster ride through the life of a private eye\u201d Shots Ezine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for ANOTHER LONG DAY ON THE PISTE, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week:
\u201cHighly entertaining . . . there is much pointed irony and satire to enjoy\u201d The Times<\/em>
\u201cUnremittingly calamitous, self-deprecating and entertaining\u201d Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard<\/em>
\u201cTimely and humorous account of a season spent as a ski bum\u201d Daily Mirror<\/em>
\u201cside-splittingly funny… Randall is a gifted raconteur\u201d French News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for BOTSWANA TIME:
\u201cThis is a good-humoured book, written by a man who went to Botswana with an open heart. The result is a wonderful, amusing and affirmative book about that remarkable country, filled with laughter, colour, and simple decency. Bravo, Mr Randall. Bravo.\u201d Alexander McCall Smith, author of THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE CLUB
\u201can affable and easy-going book with a nice line in gentle chuckles\u201d Guardian<\/em>
\u201cA thoroughly uplifting book, BOTSWANA TIME manages to capture all the old\u2013fashioned humour of an Englishman abroad without once insulting the locals\u201d Independent on Sunday<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for INDIAN SUMMER, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week:
\u201cMany great writers have written about their time in the East: Somerset Maugham, EM Forster and Rudyard Kipling among them. Even if he never writes about India again, Will Randall should be added to this illustrious list.\u201d Daily Express<\/em>
\u201ca fine and moving book\u201d Daily Mail<\/em>
\u201cit\u2019s his evocation of the glorious, multi-coloured chaos of India that widens the eye, and his good nature towards all things and all men that leaves the heart warmer\u201d Observer<\/em>
\u201c(Randall) does not skimp on the dark, sad nature of survival and how its dividend is brutality \u2013 despite which his version of India aspires to be elegiac as well as chaotic. Well worth the read.\u201d Scotland on Sunday<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for SOLOMON TIME, which was short-listed for the WH Smith Travel Award:
\u201cImmensely likeable\u201d Observer<\/em>
\u201cSOLOMON TIME offers plenty of pleasures\u201d Sunday Times<\/em>
\u201cTravel writers emerge in three varieties – those born to it, those who fall into it and those dragged into it. Will Randall is in the latter category with this tale of escape to an exotic idyll and the British innocent abroad. His odyssey is that of an endearing Everyman, an unwilling adventurer and an amusing and bemused observer as he tackles the often unintentionally bizarre realities of his new life\u201d The Scotsman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Agent: Kate Hordern<\/p>\n

    Hoot Comedy have bought an option on TV rights for SOLOMON TIME.<\/p>\n

    Will Randall is the author of SOLOMON TIME (Abacus 2002), INDIAN SUMMER (Abacus 2004), BOTSWANA TIME (Abacus 2005), ANOTHER LONG DAY ON THE PISTE (Abacus 2006) and LIMEY GUMSHOE (Abacus 2008). He is published in five languages.<\/p>\n

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