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In six days, Silas Mudd will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is alarmingly healthy and tough as old boots which is more than can be said of his son Will. Not sure he’ll make old bones,” Silas confides loudly to Coral, his daughter-in-law. But there is no doubt that Silas’s son and his two daughters will be at the party. Best outfits and good form are what they think Silas wants served up, and they dare not disappoint him. This is not a family that reveals disturbing thoughts or truths. But Silas is the only one left who knows exactly what is shoring up his family. So he sits, waiting and thinking, wondering what would happen if he were to tell.
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Nina Bawden CBE, is one of Britain’s most distinguished and best-loved novelists. She has published over 40 novels and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit. In 2004 she received the PEN Award for a Lifetime’s Service to Literature.
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Bill Wallis brings his considerable talents to Nina Bawden's piercing scrutiny of one man's life and its effect on the lives of those around him. Silas Mudd is about to turn 100. His family plans an appropriately gala birthday celebration for him. Bawden develops her story largely through painfully perceptive interior monologues, which unmask deep resentments, forbidden attractions, hostilities, and genuine caring. Through these, we meet Effie, Silas's sickly first wife; his second wife, Bella, given to wearing flashy, too tight clothing; his always admirable aunt; and the other important women in his life. Wallis's voice quivers with rage, whispers dark secrets, and resounds with bravado as he undertakes the revelations of an unusual family, brilliantly reconstructed by one of Britain's master storytellers. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherVirago UK
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1844083802
- ISBN 13 9781844083800
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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