β Scribed by David Storey
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From "the leading novelist of his generation" (the Daily Telegraph)βa story about marriage, family, and 1 man's 2nd chance
At age 47, former playwright Frank Attercliffe lives with 2 of his 5 children in a 4-bedroom apartment on Walton Lane on the outskirts of an English suburb. For the past 3 years, his wife, Sheila, has been living with Maurice, a car dealer who owns a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley, and a Jaguarβa man rumored to have killed 3 people in car accidents. Attercliffe cowrites a weekend football roundup for the local sports column, and after a match, he is introduced to the beautiful actress Phyllis Gardner at his favorite watering hole. That night, however, Sheila comes home, having left Maurice and given up her current lover, Gavin. She wants to move back to Walton Lane with the entire familyβbut she wants Attercliffe to move out.
With its cast of eccentric and endearing characters, including Attercliffe's loquacious...
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