Little Bits of Baby
A quirky, comedic novel of breakdown, escape and the possibilities of finding love
$40.43
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2018
Summary
Set in the late 1980s, Patrick Gale’s early novel is a charming, funny story of love and life teetering towards the edge.
‘Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive’ Mail on Sunday
Eight years ago, Robin fled from his family, friends, and entire life, to suffer a complete breakdown in an island monastery. Now he’s returning to London and reconnecting with those he left behind: his mother and father, with their own small secrets, and Jake and Candida.
But while the peop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472255631 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472255631 |
| Author: | Patrick Gale |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 251g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive
Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive - Mail on Sunday
[Gale] shows the diversity of passionate behavior, sometimes hilarious, sometimes threatening, but always skillfully contained within a comedy of contemporary manners - The TimesComic, touching, astringent and immensely accomplished. A real treatAbout 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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