It opens on the 'new dawn' of Labour's election victory in 1997, and ends five years later. But this is not so much 'state of the nation' as state of our souls, marriages, families, hopes and careers - a sharp and sexy portrait of a dysfunctional group of characters, all different yet connected. The[...]
Set over a long weekend in East Anglia, this is the chilling story of a rivalrous friendship - as told with deceptive casualness by the narrator, Ian. It opens with a surprise phone call from an old university friend, inviting Ian and his wife, Em, for a few days by the sea. Their hosts, Ollie and D[...]
Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Anand Tucker and starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent
And when did you last see your father? Was it last weekend or last Christmas? Was it before or after he exhaled his last breath? And was it him really, or was it a version of him, shaped by you[...]
Presents a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement.
Lasten suurimpia pelkoja on pelko omien vanhempien menetyksestä. Kirjailija Blake Morrison oli 40-vuotias kun hänen lääkäri-isänsä kuoli, 75-vuotiaana. Vaikka hänellä oli jo omia lapsia, hän huomasi olevansa menetyksen edessä emotionaalisesti kuin pieni lapsi ja vaipui isän hautajaisten [...]