WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1996 Four men once close to Jack Dodds,
a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have
his ashes scattered into the sea at Margate. For reasons best known
to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them . . . On the
surface a simple tale of an increasingly bizarre day's outing, this
Booker-prize winning, internationally acclaimed novel is a resonant
and classic exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary
lives. Intensely local but overwhelmingly universal, faithful to
the fleeting rhythms and accidental eloquence of everyday speech
but also to the timeless truths of life and death, it succeeds in
being comic and heartstopping, affectionate and wise, and in
conferring on its stumbling, disappointed characters an enduring
decency, dignity and depth. 'A surpassing testament to Swift's
vibrant and powerful gifts' The Times 'A triumph . . . a story
about the most fundamental things of all' Evening Standard
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