WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards. `Sublimely funny' Jason Hazeley, author of the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups `My favourite Twitter account is now my favourite book. Irresistible!' Jill Mansell `This book is an absolute treat' Holly Walsh `Transfixing, beguiling, warmly haunting. These are the ghosts of a childhood' Robin Ince `A hilarious and occasionally disturbing look at how the British remain resolutely small-minded wherever they go' Charlie Higson `Six by four inch portions of pure heaven' Rachel Johnson `Somehow both poignant and deeply creepy' Samira Ahmed `One of Twitter's most nourishing concepts - each one arriving like a bonsai Alan Bennett play' Danny Baker `Beautiful. Inspiring. Educational. Hilarious' Emma Freud `One of the saddest and funniest picture books you're ever likely to read' Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of Nostalgia `Hilarious, haunting, silly, poetic and profound' Danny Wallace `A book of rare and genuine beauty' James O'Brien, LBC