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Gale, Patrick

 
9780007465088: A Perfectly Good Man
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ISBN 10 : 0007465084 ISBN 13 : 9780007465088
Editeur : Fourth Estate Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

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 kill myself.’

When 20-year-old Lenny Barnes, paralysed in a rugby accident, commits suicide in the presence of Barnaby Johnson, the much-loved priest of a West Cornwall parish, the tragedy's reverberations open up the fault-lines between Barnaby and his nearest and dearest – the gulfs of unspoken sadness that separate them all. Across this web of relations scuttles Barnaby's repellent nemesis – a man as wicked as his prey is virtuous.

Returning us to the rugged Cornish landscape of `Notes from an Exhibition’, Patrick Gale lays bare the lives and the thoughts of a whole community and asks us: what does it mean to be good?

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À propos de l'auteur

Patrick Gale was born in 1962 on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford, and now lives in north Cornwall.

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Éditeur
Fourth Estate Ltd
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0007465084
ISBN 13 
9780007465088
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1472255429 ISBN 13 :  9781472255426
Editeur : Tinder Press, 2018
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