Myriad author Benjamin Johncock will be discussing his debut novel The Last Pilot at The Reading Room in The Swan Hotel, Southwold on 5 August.

With echoes of Raymond Carver as well as Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff and Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, The Last Pilot re-ignites the thrill and excitement of the space race through the story of one man’s courage in the face of unthinkable loss.

Published in July 2015 by Myriad, The Last Pilot is described by acclaimed author Joanne Harris as, ‘by far the best debut novel I’ve read in years’.

During the event, Benjamin Johncock will be reading from and discussing The Last Pilot, which was written while he lived in Southwold.

Tickets are £5 (including a glass of wine on arrival). To order, please contact Southwold Books here or call 01502 722873