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Killing Time
language: english
Publisher:
Faber & Faber, November of 2024 ‧
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SYNOPSIS
A wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett - a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly comic treat.
'Full of wit and style.' OBSERVER
'A terrific cast of characters, and secrets and chaos aplenty.' iNEWS
'A geriatric Lord of the Flies.' SPECTATOR
We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It's less of a home and more of a club and very much a community.
Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council home for the elderly. Among the unforgettable cast of staff and residents there's Mr Peckover the deluded archaeologist, Phyllis the knitter, Mr Cresswell the ex-cruise ship hairdresser, the enterprising Mrs Foss and Mr Jimson the chiropodist. Covid is the cause of fatalities and the source of darkly comic confusion, but it's also the key to liberation. As staff are hospitalised, protocol breaks down. Miss Rathbone reveals a lifelong secret, and the surviving residents seize their moment, arthritis allowing, to scamper freely in the warmth of the summer sun.
'Violet? She'll be having a little lie-down,' said Mrs McBryde. 'She likes to give her pacemaker a rest. I'll rout her out.'
'Full of wit and style.' OBSERVER
'A terrific cast of characters, and secrets and chaos aplenty.' iNEWS
'A geriatric Lord of the Flies.' SPECTATOR
We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It's less of a home and more of a club and very much a community.
Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council home for the elderly. Among the unforgettable cast of staff and residents there's Mr Peckover the deluded archaeologist, Phyllis the knitter, Mr Cresswell the ex-cruise ship hairdresser, the enterprising Mrs Foss and Mr Jimson the chiropodist. Covid is the cause of fatalities and the source of darkly comic confusion, but it's also the key to liberation. As staff are hospitalised, protocol breaks down. Miss Rathbone reveals a lifelong secret, and the surviving residents seize their moment, arthritis allowing, to scamper freely in the warmth of the summer sun.
'Violet? She'll be having a little lie-down,' said Mrs McBryde. 'She likes to give her pacemaker a rest. I'll rout her out.'
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780571394814 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Release Date: | November of 2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 134 x 176 x 12 mm |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Pages: | 112 |
| Format: | Book |
| Categories: |
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| EAN: | 9780571394814 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan Bennett
Escritor, dramaturgo, argumentista, actor e humorista, Alan Bennett nasceu em Leeds, Inglaterra, em 1934 e é uma das figuras cimeiras das letras britânicas, ao ponto de ser considerado um tesouro nacional. Conquistou os mais importantes prémios na área do teatro, cinema, televisão e literatura e foi também distinguido com o Prémio de Autor do Ano nos British Book Awards em 2006. Para além de A Leitora Real, finalista do Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize e do Independent Booksellers’ Book Prize em 2008, no catálogo da ASA está já publicada a sua obra Só lhes Deixaram as Roupas que Vestiam…
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