An international bestseller from French author Jean-Paul Didierlaurent; The Reader on the 6.27 is ready to take you on a journey . . . 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 from pages he has saved from the jaws of his monstrous 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 . . . The Reader on the 6.27 is a tale bursting with larger-than-life characters; each of whom touches Guylain's life for the better. For fans of Amelie and Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore; this captivating novel is a warm; funny fable about literature's power to uplift even the most downtrodden of lives.