Kansas in August
A witty, bawdy 1980s story of love and abandonment
$33.38
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2018
Summary
Patrick Gale’s second novel Kansas in August is a witty, warm 1980s story of sexuality, musicals, bedsits and an abandoned child.
‘Modern, excellent and sympathetic’ - Stephen Fry
Hilary Metcalfe is obsessed with musicals, and abandoned on his birthday by his lover Rufus on his birthday, he gets drunk, discovers a baby and brings it home to his flat above a corner shop to provide comfort and company.
Rufus, meanwhile, allows himself to be seduced by a frivolou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472255563 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472255569 |
| Author: | Patrick Gale |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 16mm |
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Modern, excellent and sympathetic
Modern, excellent and sympathetic
Gale’s blend of artifice and realism is not quite like anybody else’s - ObserverPatrick Gale’s novels grip tightly, like swaddling clothes, stunning the reader into a state of lolling, contented absorption. How does he do it? - TLSAbout The Author
Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight and now lives on a farm near Land’s End. One of this country’s best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Place Called Winter, Take Nothing With You and Mother’s Boy. His BBC ‘Queer Britannia’ television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 and won an International Emmy Award.
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