Didierlaurent Jean-Paul: The Reader on the 6.27

Love is a journey

'The humanity of the characters . . . the re-enchantment of everyday life, the power of words and literature, tenderness and humour . . . The Reader on the 6.27 is a must' L'Express

'Similar in look and feel to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 hit Amélie . . . The Reader on the 6.27 is a tale that never loses its capacity to enchant' Scotsman

Guylain Vignolles lives on the edge of existence. Working at a book-pulping factory in a job he hates, he has but one pleasure in life . . .

Sitting on the 6.27 train each day, Guylain recites aloud to a rapt audience from pages he has saved from the jaws of the pulping machine. But it is when he discovers the diary of a lonely young woman, Julie - a woman who feels as lost in the world as he does - that his journey will truly begin.