Inscribed by Swift on the title page. Very Good in wraps, creased at the lower-right corner on the front, a few small stains on the outer bottom edge of the text block. Swift's novel about friendship during the aftermath of World War II. Winner of the 1996 Booker Prize.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Last Orders

Publisher

Picador, London

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0330345591

ISBN 13

9780330345590

Binding

Paperback

Edition

Uncorrected Proof.

Condition

Very Good

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Jack Dodds has died, and his three close friends travel together to pay their last respects and take his ashes to Margate Pier and scatter them into the sea, Jack's final wish. As the journey develops via Rochester, Chatham and Canterbury, the characters tell their different life stories.

About the Author

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of many acclaimed novels, two collections of short stories (England and Other Stories, and Learning to Swim and Other Stories) and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize (1983), and with Last Orders the Booker Prize (1996). Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift's work has appeared in over thirty languages.

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