Last Days in Cleaver Square (Paperback)


FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ASYLUM, TRAUMA AND THE WARDROBE MISTRESS 'Wonderful, thrilling' JOHN BANVILLE 'Has pleasure on every page' TIMES It's 1975 and Francis McNulty, ageing poet, retired, is living in his childhood home in Cleaver Square with his daughter Gilly. Haunted by memories of the Spanish Civil War, in which he drove an ambulance, he sees awful visions of his old nemesis, General Franco, and is powerfully reminded of a terrible act of betrayal he committed in Spain. When Gilly announces her upcoming marriage, Francis is forced to confront his past, once and for all. 'Impressive' GUARDIAN 'A very moving portrayal of a complicated father-daughter relationship, neither of them fully able to break away' RACHEL JOYCE

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FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ASYLUM, TRAUMA AND THE WARDROBE MISTRESS 'Wonderful, thrilling' JOHN BANVILLE 'Has pleasure on every page' TIMES It's 1975 and Francis McNulty, ageing poet, retired, is living in his childhood home in Cleaver Square with his daughter Gilly. Haunted by memories of the Spanish Civil War, in which he drove an ambulance, he sees awful visions of his old nemesis, General Franco, and is powerfully reminded of a terrible act of betrayal he committed in Spain. When Gilly announces her upcoming marriage, Francis is forced to confront his past, once and for all. 'Impressive' GUARDIAN 'A very moving portrayal of a complicated father-daughter relationship, neither of them fully able to break away' RACHEL JOYCE

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Imprint

Penguin (Cornerstone)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

February 2022

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Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

240

ISBN-13

978-1-5291-5648-5

Barcode

9781529156485

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LSN

1-5291-5648-3



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