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Last orders

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. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them.

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  • "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. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them."@en
  • "Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his last peculiar wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if bizarre day's outing, "Last Orders" is a journey on many levels, as universal as it is vividly local."@en
  • "In England three working-class buddies, united by pub-drinking and World War II experiences, drive the ashes of the fourth to the sea. In the process emerge the lives of four families and the reason no wife came."@en
  • "While driving the ashes of a dead friend from London to the seaside town where they are to be scattered, long-time pals, men whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack, and a favorite pub, reexamine their lives, choices, and personal relationships."@en
  • "Set in Southeast England, friendship and love among a group of men whose lives have been intertwined since World War II. When one dies, the survivors are brought together and are forced to take stock of the paths their lives have taken, by choice and by accident, since the war. Winner of the 1996 Booker Prize."@en
  • "In England three working-class buddies, united by pub-drinking and World War II experiences, drive the ashes of the fourth to the sea. In the process emerge the lives of four families and the reason no wife came. By the author of Ever After."@en
  • "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. Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface, the tale of a simple, if increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift's most richly surprising novel to date."@en
  • "In a London pub called the Coach and Horses, four men gather. Most of them have been friends for half a lifetime, having fought in the same war, drunk in the same pubs, and bet on the same horses. Now they have come together to deliver the ashes of a fifth man, Jack Dodds, to the sea. Their journey, which will take them deep into their collective and individual pasts, lies at the center of this moving novel of friendship, memory, and fate."@en
  • "The death of one of their friends causes a group of men who have been companions since World War II to take stock of their lives."@en
  • "Op zijn sterfbed vraagt een slager vier vrienden zijn as boven zee uit te strooien."

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
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  • "Last Orders"
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