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 Little Bits of Baby - Patrick Gale
 Little Bits of Baby - Patrick Gale ... life at an eccentric island monastery, but it was thought to have something to do with the surprise engagement of Candida, Robin's childhood playmate and Jake, their mutual friend.Newest Review: ... seven times by the people of Sherwood, where it had originally been shelved. Sherwood library get all the new books first, ... more ... before any of the libraries in my less posh part of the city, this annoys me - especially now I know they don't even read 'em! But perhaps folks thereabouts weren't broadminded enough to appreciate this novel. The central character is Robin Maitland, who's been living in a monastery on an island called Whelm for the last eight years - having hardly left his room in the first five. But he returns to the outside world when he's invited to be a godparent to the baby of his childhood friend Cand...more |
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Gale Patrick : Little Bits of Baby (Hbk)
Pages: 1, Hardcover, Penguin Books Ltd Last Update 09.11.2009 05:40
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Little Bits of Baby - Patrick Gale: One christening and a funeral. (704 words)
by - written on 11/03/02 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review
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