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when Aldous Jones is left widowed, he is tempted to spend his time sitting down all day in the kitchen, but with admirable resolve he resumes his old pastimes. A painting he sees in the National gallery awakens in him a desire for a new life, a new woman, sex and companionship. This leads him to Belgium and new relationships.

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'a voice as beautiful and bright as it is learned' -- The Times

'his trilogy is a wonderful achievement' -- Guardian

"A masterful portrait of old age and loneliness... I cannot praise
it highly enough"
-- Mail on Sunday

"Woodward wonderfully depicts the ignominies of old age and bereavement" -- Independent, April 14, 2007

'If this exquisitely written, funny, touching finale doesn't
actually win something, then there's no justice.' -- Daily Mail

'The writing is scintillatingly good at times, working up to vivid
and hilarious scenes.'
-- Metro

'There are some wonderful...needle sharp observations... and some
delightful comic moments' -- The Sunday Times

'This immediately convincing and captivating novel is full of wit
and humour and joy.' -- FT Magazine

'highly engaging...his language has a clear melodic lift' -- Nuala Watt, Herald

`Every now and then, you come across a book that is so intensely
satisfying you want to buy a sack-load of copies and dole them out to
strangers on the street, A Curious Earth is one....if only there were more
writers of his calibre at work in Britain today.'
-- Rev'd by Alastair Sooke, Daily Telegraph
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In the follow-up to Booker Prize shortlisted I’ll Go To Bed At Noon, Gerard Woodward concludes his trilogy of novels about his family with an hilariously poignant look at old age, loneliness and being young at heart.

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  • PublisherChatto & Windus
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 0701179082
  • ISBN 13 9780701179083
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages290
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