two books in one

Last Orders became a Film
"Last Orders" is a funny and moving film about four old friends (Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, David Hemmings and Tom Courtenay) and, most of all, the man, Jack Dodds (Michael Caine), whose "last orders" have set them on a journey.

Jack Dodds was an ordinary guy, a butcher, yet a powerful, charismatic man whose life was a crucial heartline for the four men. As they make their trip through beautiful landscapes and a series of pubs, the men are flooded with memories of their life with him. There's "Lucky" (Hoskins) the gambler, best friend to Jack and admirer of his beautiful wife, Amy (Helen Mirren); Vince (Winstone), Jack's son, a used-car dealer whose resentment towards Jack stems from a wartime secret; Lenny (Hemmings), a one-time boxer who is always looking for a fight; and undertaker Vic (Courtenay), a wise and bemused presence who manages to keep the men on track. Meanwhile, Jack's wife Amy is on a journey of her own to visit their daughter, whom Jack could never love.

It's an epic story of a remarkable generation that survived a terrible war, a film about ordinary people which shows that there are no ordinary people. The stories of their early hopes, the children, the affairs, the good times and the bad, reveal to the men and to us that it's your friends who break your heart... and your friends who mend it."

Waterland

A story of the Fens, a fictional autobiography, a marrying of life and landscape and their inter-relationship.

RELEASE NOTES:

Part of group release for winter afternoon. Come and find me. Bring your own to swap?

This shortly to be re-released as short ray as nobody picked up from the cafe..
Going to

Ziggythecat
Martinburo

Hope they enjoy it and it enjoys its visit to the Fens..

Crikey thats a bit of a door-stop of a book, my poor postie, lol. Its just in time for a weeks holiday I'm having soon,(just as well as it wouldn't fit in my handbag to read on the train to work!).

Thanks to celticseahorse for sending it out on this ray.

Apologies, I have had this book way too long. Just been in touch with Martinburo to see if they want the book right now, but they don't at the moment (too many bookrings ;o))

So, I'm going to add it to the 1001-library bookshelf where it can be borrowed by PMing ziggythecat.

If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the library bookshelf.

Thanks so much for your donation ziggythecat!

This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the 1001-library bookshelf.