The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

A novel about a retired man who sets out from his house in Devon to post a letter and ends up walking to Berwick-Upon-Tweed in a pair of yachting shoes. I enjoyed the plot and the characters, who were likeable and interesting, but it is the writing that I really enjoyed about this book. The language is very well chosen but not pretentious or cumbersome so whilst this is very easy to read it is also wonderfully descriptive. This is a very thought provoking novel and one I would recommend.