Bleakly Hall
$33.13
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2012
Summary
A novel of wit and imagination - about friendship, loss and the effects of war.
Monty and Ada last saw one another on the frontlines of the First World War, when Monty was a nurse and Ada an ambulance driver who drove like the devil. Now, the two friends have been reunited at crumbling Bleakly Hall, where Monty has been hired to look after the grumpy, gouty guests who have come to take the Hall’s curative waters.
But the end of the Great War has brought changes for everyone at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099513476 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099513471 |
| Author: | Elaine di Rollo |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 253g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“I can’t remember the last time I read a novel that fizzed with so much energy, or swung so acrobatically between lightly carbonated comedy and pitch-black horrow.” - Scotsman
I can’t remember the last time I read a novel that fizzed with so much energy, or swung so acrobatically between lightly carbonated comedy and pitch-black horror * Scotsman *
In a series of funny, moving set pieces, di Rollo explores the aftermath of the Great War through her cast of bewildered veterans * Marie Claire *
Often very amusing and tartly observed… a bold comic creation * Times Literary Supplement *
A comedy of manners, given tragic depths * The Tablet *
Elaine di Rollo
Elaine di Rollo comes from Lancashire and now lives in Scotland. She has a PhD from Edinburgh University in the social history of medicine, and is currently a lecturer at Napier University. The building she works in used to be a hydropathic. This is her second novel. Her first, A Proper Education for Girls (first published as The Peachgrowers’ Almanac), which was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book prize, the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award and the Guildford Literary Festival First Book Award, was set in 1857 between England and India.
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