Everyone craves retirement from the Civil Service, don’t they? That time for an ageing patriarch to enjoy the fruits of a well-earned pension and the respect of his family; maybe even to indulge in a love of music halls and metropolitan life. If only people would listen and do as they were told… His fourth son William, the long-suffering narrator, is the constant butt of his father’s jokes and victim of his brother’s indifference. But as death, divorce and other darker dramas follow, father and son slowly establish a strange harmony.
- Publisher: HarperCollins UK
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Publication date:
20/07/2023
- ISBN: 9780008619176
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Page extent:
240
- Format: Paperback
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Dimensions:
199 mm x 130 mm
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