Last Days in Cleaver Square

Last Days in Cleaver Square
Patrick McGrath
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Hardback
h222 x 144mm - 240pg
20 May 2021 UK
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9781786332745
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A haunting and atmospheric novel from the author of Asylum, Trauma and The Wardrobe Mistress. ___________________________________________' This is a wonderful, thrilling novel . . . in Last Days in Cleaver Square McGrath has broken through to new depths of insight and emotion. ' JOHN BANVILLE' It has a wonderful otherworldly quality that keeps you turning the pages . . I can' t think of anything else quite like it. It weaves a kind of spell. ' RACHEL JOYCE___________________________________________' Let there be no more of this clucking and wheedling. Oh Pa, are you sure? Or- Oh Francis, is this really a good idea? Let me be clear. I am always sure, and it is always a good idea. ' An old man is sleeping fitfully. It' s too hot. The air is thick with Spanish Jasmine floating in from his overgrown garden. And he' s not sure whether he' ll be woken by General Franco sitting on the end of his bed. It' s 1975 and Francis McNulty is nearing the end of his life but feeling far from peaceful. A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, he is tormented by grief and guilt about a brief, terrible act of betrayal from that time; and he' s started seeing his old nemesis on the street, in the garden and now in his bedroom. Neither he nor his daughter Gillian, who lives with him in Cleaver square, know what to do. When Gillian announces her impending marriage to a senior civil servant, Francis realises that he must adapt to new circumstances - and that the time has come to confront his past once and for all. ___________________________________________' McGrath is a conjuror of fine detail . . . a master of the unreliable narrator - the best in the business. ' JOHN SELF' W onderfully sinister . . . a delight . . . you are in for a thrilling ride. ' SPECTATOR on The Wardrobe Mistress
This is a wonderful, thrilling novel, based on a fascinating conceit. The story will hook you on the first page and hold you a willing captive until the end. Patrick McGrath writes with his accustomed control and clarity, but in Last Days in Cleaver Squarehe has broken through to new depths of insight and emotion. -- John Banville Last Days in Cleaver Square has a wonderful otherworldly quality that keeps you turning the pages, without ever seeming implausible. I found myself drawn deeper and deeper into Francis McNulty' s story, in much the same way he feels haunted by the strange ghost, and the past. I can' t think of anything else quite like it. It weaves a kind of spell. And it' s a very moving portrayal too of a complicated father-daughter relationship, neither of them fully able to break away. -- Rachel Joyce
Patrick McGrath is the author of two short story collections and nine novels, including the international bestseller, Asylum. He is also the author of Writing Madness, a collection of his short fiction and selected non-fiction. His novel Trauma was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and Spider was filmed by David Cronenberg from McGrath' s adaptation. He co-edited an influential anthology of short fiction, The New Gothic, and recent non-fiction includes introductions to The Monk, Moby Dick and Barnaby Rudge. Patrick McGrath lives in Manhattan and London.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781786332745
Published: 20 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hutchinson
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 144mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 351g
Pages: 240

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