Sadler's Birthday - Softcover

Tremain, Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140147713 ISBN 13: 9780140147711

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991

Synopsis

A bitter-sweet novel about an elderly butler and his dog. He is old and lonely and his little dog serves to remind him of his increasing age. He is master now, where once he served and owns the great house, which is empty - but peopled with his memories.

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Review:

"Sadler's Birthday is as far from the stereotype of a young woman's first novel as it can be. It is a masterly study of a lonely but loyal man that is deeply felt, intelligent and often touchingly funny. I liked it very much" (Angus Wilson)

"A first novel of remarkable talent; never a foot set wrong" (Financial Times)

"Brilliant... A quintessentially English writer - her work has a charm and finesse, a civilised irony" (Guardian)

"This is a writer whose breadth of imagination and supple prose transcend the genre: she is one of the finest writers in English" (Daily Telegraph)

"She is a magical storyteller - it is as an artist that she excels" (New Statesman)

Book Description:

'A rather special work - a tour de force' Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140147713
• ISBN 13: 9780140147711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208