Kate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy. Now, at the ripe old age of ninety-nine, she is trapped in a hospital ward of sad, mad and bad old women. She escapes by playing to herself the video of her life.
What a life it has been. Her six marriages have ended in suicide, a husband's adultery, another husband's deportation as a dangerous alien, a union dispute, a murder, and a natural death. But Kate's journey through the twentieth century is also a search for the truth - about life, death, and which of her three sons murdered her fifth husband.
This is a novel rich in memorable characters, from Kate's narrow but loving Welsh family to the wild members of an artists' colony in Cornwall; from Midland piston manufacturers to an investigative journalist whose own life cannot bear investigation.
| ISBN: | 9780099414650 |
| Publication date: | 25th January 2001 |
| Author: | David Nobbs |
| Publisher: | Arrow Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 412 pages |
| Genres: |
Humorous Fiction Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Kate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy. Now, at the ripe old age of ninety-nine, she is trapped in a hospital ward of sad, mad and bad old women. She escapes by playing to herself the video of her life.
What a life it has been. Her six marriages have ended in suicide, a husband's adultery, another husband's deportation as a dangerous alien, a union dispute, a murder, and a natural death. But Kate's journey through the twentieth century is also a search for the truth - about life, death, and which of her three sons murdered her fifth husband.
This is a novel rich in memorable characters, from Kate's narrow but loving Welsh family to the wild members of an artists' colony in Cornwall; from Midland piston manufacturers to an investigative journalist whose own life cannot bear investigation.
Going Gently features in the following genres: Humorous Fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Going Gently is available in Paperback
Going Gently was written by David Nobbs and published by Arrow Books an imprint of Random House
Going Gently has 412 pages
£15.29