Calling Major Tom'Sheer joy!' Lucy Diamond. Calling Major Tom is a heartwarming, quirky and ultimately life affirming story of friendship, family and forgiveness and the world's most unlikely astronaut. The perfect book club read for fans of A Man Called Ove, A Boy Made of Blocks and Jojo Moyes. A man who has given up on the world. Forty something Thomas is very happy to be on his own, far away from other people and their problems. A family who show him how to live.