Author Tony Parsons has been appointed Heathrow's writer-in-residence. The result is Departures — seven short stories of high drama, offbeat humour and raw emotion. Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before — a secret city populated by the 75 million travelers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end — and begin.
From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to the softly-spoken man who cares for the dogs, lions and smuggled rattlesnakes at Heathrow's Animal Reception Centre, from the immigration officers who have heard it all before to the firemen who hone their skills by setting the green plane on fire, from the armed police who watch for terrorist attacks to the pilots who have touched the face of god — Heathrow teems with life.
In Departures, his first collection of short stories, Tony Parsons takes us deep inside the secret city. • This project has already amassed an enormous amount of PR coverage in national press (over 300 pieces), radio and on TV • With sales worldwide of over 3.5 million books, Tony is a key author for men and women alike — he is also a No. 1 bestseller in hardback and paperback • Tony is one of GQ's most popular and long-running columnists, known as their 'heavyweight hardtalker' • Loved by Mirror readers, both male and female
