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A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller 'Notes from an Exhibition, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline. 'Do you need me to pray for you now for a specific reason?, 'I,m going to die.' 'We're all going to die. Does dying frighten you?' 'I mean I'm going to ...Show more
A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Devastatingly moving and full of psychological insight, A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN is a warm, humane Cornish novel from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER 'A convincing, moving account of man's struggle with faith, marriage and morality' Sunday Times On a clear, crisp summer's day in Cornwall, a ...Show more
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Sister Fidelma Ser.
"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair d ...Show more
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threa ...Show more
A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Bittersweet and startling, A SWEET OBSCURITY is a novel of childhood, love and the consequences of how lives are lived. 'Intriguing and impressive. A memorable study of a child forced cruelly, even tragically, to grow up too soon' Sunday Times Since her mother's death, nine year old Dido has been livi ...Show more
Ease by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A quirky, warm novel of eccentric adventure from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER - 'A huge treat' Daily Mail 'Patrick Gale is among the great, unsung English novelists. Think Austen, Hardy, Murdoch. Remarkable' Independent Domina Tey is a playwright, celebrated by friends, her husband, ...Show more
Facing the Tank by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Patrick Gale's FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric novel of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics - 'Made me laugh out loud' Sunday Times' Gale speedily unleashes his merrily black mischief. The uncovering of the sadness behind the doilies and twinsets is in the best tradition of black humour' Observ ...Show more
Friendly Fire by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Insightful and full of understanding and warmth, Patrick Gale's FRIENDLY FIRE is a richly compelling story of adolescence, sexuality and the lessons we carry forever. 'An intense tale of love, life, intellectualism and passion. Inspirational' Daily Express 'Utterly compelling from first to last' Stephen ...Show more
Kansas in August by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Patrick Gale's KANSAS IN AUGUST is a witty, warm novel of childhood and abandonment for readers of Armistead Maupin and Edmund White 'Modern, excellent and sympathetic' Stephen Fry Musical-obsessed Hilary Metcalfe, abandoned by his lover Rufus on his birthday, gets drunk, discovers a baby and brings it ...Show more
Little Bits of Baby by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Patrick Gale's LITTLE BITS OF BABY is a charming, witty novel of love, possibility and life in crisis - 'Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive' Mail on Sunday Eight years ago, Robin fled from his family, friends, and entire life, to suffer a complete breakdown in an island monastery. Now he's recon ...Show more
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer' A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written' Irish Examiner Laura, a laundre ...Show more
Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
36.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'One of the joys of Gale's writing is how even the smallest of characters can appear fully formed, due to a charming wickedness alongside deeper observations' Irish Times Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles ...Show more