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Widows and Orphans
Michael Arditti
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Description for Widows and Orphans
Paperback. Award-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's ninth novel, set in the UK. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Duncan Neville, editor-proprietor of the Francombe and Salter Mercury, is struggling to keep the newspaper afloat. For over 150 years, it has served the two resort towns in Southern England. Duncan's personal life is in similar disarray, as he juggles the demands of his elderly mother, disaffected son, harassed ex-wife, and doting secretary. Meanwhile, Geoffrey Weedon, a childhood friend turned bitter rival, unveils a plan to rebuild the dilapidated pier, which might revive the town's fortunes, but threatens its traditional ethos. Lyrical and witty, moving and profound, Widows and Orphans paints a compelling portrait of a good man fighting for ... Read more
Duncan Neville, editor-proprietor of the Francombe and Salter Mercury, is struggling to keep the newspaper afloat. For over 150 years, it has served the two resort towns in Southern England. Duncan's personal life is in similar disarray, as he juggles the demands of his elderly mother, disaffected son, harassed ex-wife, and doting secretary. Meanwhile, Geoffrey Weedon, a childhood friend turned bitter rival, unveils a plan to rebuild the dilapidated pier, which might revive the town's fortunes, but threatens its traditional ethos. Lyrical and witty, moving and profound, Widows and Orphans paints a compelling portrait of a good man fighting for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910050644
SKU
V9781910050644
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael Arditti
Michael Arditti was born in Cheshire and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He began his literary career writing plays, of which several were produced on the stage and the radio. He has written theatre criticism for The Times, The Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Sunday Express, and was, for many years, a regular reviewer for the Evening Standard. He currently ... Read more
Reviews for Widows and Orphans
'Arditti's fictional Francombe is a familiar seaside town and a brilliantly revealing microcosm of a society where greed and power are embraced - Widows and Orphans is powerfully realistic. Arditti has written an uncomfortable but very readable novel about the careless greeds of the way we live now.'
Helen Dunmore
Guardian
'No one is missed by Arditti's ... Read more
Helen Dunmore
Guardian
'No one is missed by Arditti's ... Read more