Summary
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1996
Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Margate. For reasons best known to herself, Jack’s widow, Amy, declines to join them … On the surface a simple tale of an increasingly bizarre day’s outing, this Booker-prize winning, internationally acclaimed novel is a resonant and classic exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. Intensely local…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471187292 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471187292 |
| Author: | Graham Swift |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scribner UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Graham Swift
Graham Swift was born in 1949. He is the author of eleven novels, most recently Here We Are; three collections of short stories, including the highly praised England and Other Stories; and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing.
With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Mothering Sunday became a worldwide bestseller and won the Hawthornden Prize for best work of imaginative literature. All three novels were made into films. His books have appeared in over thirty-five languages.
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