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Unknown, 1997
Current format, Unknown, 1997, 1st Vintage Canada ed. --, No Longer Available.
Unknown, 1997
Current format, Unknown, 1997, 1st Vintage Canada ed. --, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats
Last Orders is the story of four men once close to London butcher Jack Dodds, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. The men, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack and their favourite pub, must make their way down to a seaside town to complete the task. Through conversation and memory they trace the paths they have followed by choice and by accident; through the Second World War and its aftermath, through the dramas of family life, and their relationships with each other. In their brilliantly realized, richly nuanced voices, Swift has created a narrative language that perfectly expresses not only the comforts of old habits and friendships, but also the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
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