The Cat Sanctuary - Patrick Gale

The Whole Day Through - Patrick Gale

well and it was not told badly. The language used was easy to follow throughout and all in all, it was readable. The end of the story and what happens to Ben and Laura was not what I expected and so it was rather nice to be surprised by events which concluded the story. To summarise, this made for good and pleasant summer reading, but was nothing special or outstanding. Additional info: Pages: 237 Author: Patrick Gale Published: 2009 Price: Amazon (new) £4.33; Amazon (used) ...

Little Bits of Baby - Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale sometimes describes himself as "England's westernmost writer" as he lives on his boyfriend's farm near Land's End in Cornwall. He was born [and I don't want to hear any tittering here] in Camp Hill Prison on the Isle of Wight, where his father was the governor. (Rather embarrassingly, his father was also in charge of Wandsworth jail when Ronnie Biggs escaped.) His first novel, written on the back of an order pad while he was working as a singing waiter, rejoiced in the title: "The Aerodynamics of Pork" and, bizarrely, was published simultaneously with his second novel ("Ease"). He had published seven books by the age ...

Patrick Gale in general

his books. I am not going into the detail of every book Patrick Gale has written, as these are reviewed separately elsewhere. I will mention my favourite Patrick Gale, which I have read three times now, finding more in it at each read. Rough Music is the book that I lend to friends when I introduce them to Patrick Gale, and everybody who has read this has become a fan. It covers three generations of one family. I loved the descriptions of life growing up as the daughter of a prison governor is mixed in with childhood descriptions of life in the 1960s, including a family holiday to Cornwall that takes all night because the motorway hasn t been built yet ! Brings back ...