Last Orders
by GRAHAM SWIFT | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0330345591 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0330345591 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by WormyOne from Brighton & Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
The blurb reads:
"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 know 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 richly surprising novel to date and his most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. A journey on many levels, as universal as it is vividly local, it is moving, funny and humane".
I read this ages ago and don't remember it well enough to rate it. I think I liked it, though not as well as some of his others (notably Waterland).
"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 know 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 richly surprising novel to date and his most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. A journey on many levels, as universal as it is vividly local, it is moving, funny and humane".
I read this ages ago and don't remember it well enough to rate it. I think I liked it, though not as well as some of his others (notably Waterland).
Journal Entry 2 by WormyOne from Brighton & Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Controlled release to TheNobleCove on June 25th.
