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Winner of the Booker prize in 1996, Graham Swift's LAST ORDERS is a honest, humble yet emotionally gripping novel about four old working-class London men on a day's excursion to scatter the ashes of their drinking buddy and friend since World War II. Narrated in the wonderfully differentiated and vivid voices of the four men, the novel slowly reveals both the men's loyalty and loves, and also their betrayals and jealousies. Filled with humor, humanity, a rich grasp of vernacular speech, and a subtle understanding of life's tragedies, LAST ORDERS is quietly brilliant book.
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"...the novel is not just about frustration, or the small ways the characters have failed their wives, each other, and themselves. It is also, strongly but unsentimentally, about the power of hope and friendship, and the strength of shared memories. Swift's most remarkable gift is his ability to make the reader share them too." - J.W. Drakeford (Spectator, 1/27/96)
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