Last Orders by Graham Swift
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. For reasons best known to herself, Jack’s widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day’s outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift’s most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. ‘Last Orders confirms his reputation as one of the great contemporary chroniclers of landscape and memory’ Observer ‘His finest book to date; emotionally charged and technically superb’ Times Literary Supplement ‘Inspired . . . His finest novel yet’ Guardian ‘A triumph’ Sunday Times ‘Tragic, comic and wonderfully compassionate’ Daily Mail
Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of many acclaimed novels, two collections of short stories (England and Other Stories, and Learning to Swim 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 (1983), and with Last Orders the Booker Prize (1996). Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift's work has appeared in over thirty languages.
| SKU | GOR002330778 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780330518222 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330518224 |
| Title | Last Orders |
| Author | Graham Swift |
| Condition | Very good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2010-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of Man Booker Prize 1996 (UK), Winner of James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 1996 (UK), Short-listed for Whitbread Novel Award 1997 (UK) |
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| Note | This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us |
