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ISBN: 9780679766629

ISBN-10: 0679766626

ISBN-13: 9780679766629

Edition: Movie Tie-In

Authors: Graham Swift, Graham Swift

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Four men gather in a London pub. They have taken it upon themselves to carry out the last orders of Jack Dodds, master butcher, and deliver his ashes to the sea. As they drive towards the fulfillment of their mission, their errand becomes an extraordinary journey into their collective and individual pasts. Braiding these men's voices, and that of Jack's widow, into a choir of sorrow and resentment, passion and regret, Swift creates a testament to a changing England and to enduring mortality. "Swift has involved us in real, lived lives...Quietly, but with conviction, he seeks to affirm the values of decency, loyalty, love."--New York Review of Books "A beautiful book...a novel that…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/14/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.15" wide x 8.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

British novelist Graham Swift was born in London on May 4, 1949. He attended Cambridge University and York University. Swift has written five novels, including Waterland.