The Book of Dave

Peter Lingard

ISBN 10: 0648327353 / ISBN 13: 9780648327356

Published by Tale Publishing, 2019

About this Item

Seller Inventory # LU-9780648327356

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Dave
• Publisher: Tale Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0648327353
• ISBN 13: 9780648327356
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 1.22H x 22.86D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 1.22 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 313 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Dave Wilson is a London barman who, in late December 1995, sifts through telephone numbers accumulated during the year. Each chapter tells the story behind one number. He joins a band of people who wear pink underwear every Friday, goes to sea in a collier, helps a client sell his invention, takes a sick woman to hospital and has other adventures. He becomes friendly with a less than honest policeman, and flies to New York where he falls for an unobtainable woman. There are stories of Christmas parties and egotistical celebrities. Humour weaves through this collection of slices from different lives.

About the Author

Since Boswell's Fairies, a tale about recruit training in Her Britannic Majesty's Corp of Royal Marines, was published in 2017, Peter Lingard has turned his style of writing to tell of life in an English public house. Peter worked in a London pub for a while (although it was nothing like the one depicted here) and thereby gained the experience necessary to write this book. These days he prefers wine to beer, but his love of Manchester City FC is constant.