Killing Time, 9780571394814
Hardcover
Elderly residents seize life in darkly comic chaos of Covid.

Killing Time

A 'pitch-perfect' (Observer) treat for winter for fans of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club

$21.47

  • Hardcover

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    4 February 2025

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Summary

‘A mini-masterpiece.’ THE TIMES

‘Full of wit and style.’ OBSERVER

‘A terrific cast of characters, and secrets and chaos aplenty.’ iNEWS

‘A geriatric Lord of the Flies.’ SPECTATOR

We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It’s less of a home and more of a club and very much a community.

Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council ho…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780571394814
ISBN-10:0571394817
Author:Alan Bennett
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Imprint:Faber & Faber
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:4 February 2025
Weight:186g
Dimensions:19mm x 176mm x 137mm
About The Author

Alan Bennett

ALAN BENNETT’s works for stage and screen include Talking Heads, Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, A Question of Attribution, The Madness of George III, an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, The History Boys, The Habit of Art, People, Hymn, Cocktail Sticks, Two Besides and Allelujah! His collections of prose are Writing Home, Untold Stories (PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2006), Keeping On Keeping On and House Arrest. His fiction includes The Uncommon Reader and Smut: Two Unseemly Stories.

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