The Old Country by Sam North

The Old Country by Sam North

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Summary

SHAMELESS meets BRIDESHEAD REVISITED in a brilliantly acute, laugh out loud comedy of manners and a lament for the passing of the old ways - THE OLD COUNTRY is country-house comedy at its finest

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The Old Country by Sam North

Michael Gough, patriarch of the beleaguered Gough family, is reduced to borrowing a leaky barn for his living quarters. It's a far cry from the splendour of the family pile, Sitten Hall, which he was forced to 'gift' to the National Trust some twenty years ago. And worse is yet to come when his elderly mother, Granny Banana, falls out of the back of the Land Rover - a funeral is the last thing the Gough family can afford. But the least he can do is to give his mother the funeral she wanted, to be buried back at Sitten Hall in the same grave as her cherished terrier, Sprocket. But how to go about it when the family coffers are empty?
Sam North is a director with literary agency Conville & Walsh. He is the author of THE AUTOMATIC MAN, winner of the Somerset Maugham prize, CHAPEL STREET, THE GIFTING PROGRAMME, BY DESIRE, THE LIE OF THE LAND, the Man Booker-longlisted THE UNNUMBERED, and THE VELVET ROOMS.
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ISBN 13 9781416526094
ISBN 10 1416526099
Title The Old Country
Author Sam North
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 2008-03-03
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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