The Night I Borrowed Time

Funny, touching, thought-provoking … Richly imagined and deeply inventive * Guardian *
The Night I Borrowed Time gives a fresh, affectionate twist to the usual time-travelling dilemmas … Sweet and sparky * The Times *
Winningly told * Financial Times *
Funny … Moving * Observer *
This funny, bittersweet story of a family’s past shaping its present is superbly well told * Daily Mail *
Tender … Imaginative * The i Paper *
Tender and engaging … Blends time travel with a contemporary story of love, loss and the endurance of family * Bookseller *
It takes immense talent to blend the fantastical and the everyday so effortlessly, but Iqbal Hussain delivers on every page. Funny, warm and tense, The Night I Borrowed Time is a wonderful, wonderful read – Phil Earle, author of When The Sky Falls
I loved it – Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling With a Hamster
Spectacular - beautifully woven, full of warmth, wit and wisdom, and characters who live on long after the last page is turned – Sophie Anderson, author of The House With Chicken Legs

Iqbal Hussain has been writing since he could hold a pencil. As a boy, he churned out Famous Five and Hardy Boys pastiches. In his teens, he appeared on Blockbusters, Countdown, and The Crystal Maze. He studied Maths at Bangor University, then worked as a journalist for The Guardian, the Young Telegraph, and the children’s magazine Aquila.

Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, he lives in north London, by Epping Forest, with his partner and uber-friendly labradoodle. His debut adult novel was Northern Boy, a story about being a butterfly among the bricks. His critically-acclaimed debut children’s novel was The Night I Borrowed Time.

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