Killing Time [electronic resource] : A 'pitch-perfect' (Observer) treat for winter for fans of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club
Alan Bennett2024
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Killing Time is a wonderful surprise gift from Alan
Bennett - a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly
comic treat. 'A mini-masterpiece.' THE TIMES 'Full of wit and style.' OBSERVER
'A terrific cast of characters, and secrets and chaos aplenty.' iNEWS 'A
geriatric Lord of the Flies.' SPECTATOR We have a choir and on special occasions
a glass of dry sherry. It's less of a home and more of a club and very much a
community. Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior
council home for the elderly. Among the unforgettable cast of staff and
residents there's Mr Peckover the deluded archaeologist, Phyllis the knitter, Mr
Cresswell the ex-cruise ship hairdresser, the enterprising Mrs Foss and Mr
Jimson the chiropodist. Covid is the cause of fatalities and the source of
darkly comic confusion, but it's also the key to liberation. As staff are
hospitalised, protocol breaks down. Miss Rathbone reveals a...
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Author:
Alan Bennett, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Faber & Faber, 2024
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1 online resource (1 text file) (112 pages, 163127.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780571394838
Language:
English
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522091
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