All Quiet on the Orient Express - Softcover

Mills, Magnus

 
9780007177400: All Quiet on the Orient Express

Synopsis

Innocence, experience and comedy in Cumbria, from ‘a British writer to be treasured and revered’ Independent on Sunday

As the wet lakeland fells grow misty and the holiday season draws to a close…

As the tourists trickle away from the campsite, along with the sunshine, and the hot water, and the last of the good beer…

A man accidentally spills a tin of green paint, and thereby condemns himself to death.

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About the Author

magnus mills's work has been translated into no less than twenty languages. He is the author of a book of short stories, Only When the Sun Shines Brightly, as well as four novels: Three to See the King, All Quiet on the Orient Express, The Scheme for Full Employment and The Restraint of Beasts, a novel which won the McKitterick Prize, and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award.

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