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Take Nothing With You

Take Nothing With You

A richly absorbing novel of boyhood, coming of age, confusion and desire

by Patrick Gale
Paperback
Publication Date: 09/04/2019

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From the bestselling author of A Place Called Winter comes a compassionate, compelling new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality.

1970s Weston-Super-Mare and ten-year-old oddball Eustace, an only child, has life transformed by his mother's quixotic decision to sign him up for cello lessons. Music-making brings release for a boy who is discovering he is an emotional volcano. He laps up lessons from his young teacher, not noticing how her brand of glamour is casting a damaging spell over his frustrated and controlling mother.

When he is enrolled in holiday courses in the Scottish borders, lessons in love, rejection and humility are added to daily practice.

Drawing in part on his own boyhood, Patrick Gale's new novel explores a collision between childish hero worship and extremely messy adult love lives.

ISBN:
9781472205353
9781472205353
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
09-04-2019
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
197x129x23mm
Weight:
0.26kg

"He hovers between social comedy and apocalyptic tragedy without the move appearing artificial or contrived. Just a wonderful, wonderful read"
Stephen Fry

"Sexy, joyous, funny and tender. I relished it."
Sarah Winman

"Joyous and full of light. I gobbled the whole lot in one go. He is a beautiful and empathetic writer."
Cathy Rentzenbrink

"Safe in the arms of Patrick Gale's beautiful writing again. I could weep with joy."
Joanna Cannon

"A fascinating story, gripping, moving and exquisitely written, this is a wonderful gift of a book from one of the best writers working today"
S. J. Watson

Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester before going to Oxford University.

He now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Perfectly Good Man, the Richard and Judy bestseller Notes From An Exhibition, and the Costa-shortlisted A Place Called Winter.

His original BBC television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 as part of the BBC's Queer Britannia series, leading viewers around the world to discover his novels.

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