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The Cat Sanctuary
An intriguing novel of sisters, childhood and the complexities of family lives
2018
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A character filled, moving early Patrick Gale novel about people and the complexities of life and relationships'A powerful and moving novel' Independent on SundayJudith shares her life with her partner Joanna on the lonely wilds of Bodmin Moor, far from the memories and trauma of her childhood. But when Judith's sister, Deborah, is tragically widowed, the women agree to meet.What is intended to be a harmonious reunion becom...
A Place Called Winter
The epic and tender bestselling novel of love, compassion and living again
2015
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** Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 **A s****tunning novel of love, life and pioneering love, set in Canada. A Sunday Times Top Ten hardback and paperback bestseller -selected for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club.'A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence and warmth' The TimesA shy but privileged elder son, Harry ...
Mother's Boy
A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son
2022
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'Tender, evocative' TLS 'Richly engaging' Spectator A Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer'A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively writ...
Kansas in August
A witty, bawdy 1980s story of love and abandonment
2018
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Patrick Gale's second novel KANSAS IN AUGUST is a witty, warm 1980s story of sexuality, musicals, bedsits and an abandoned child'Modern, excellent and sympathetic' Stephen FryHilary Metcalfe is obsessed with musicals, and abandoned on his birthday by his lover Rufus on his birthday, he gets drunk, discovers a baby and brings it home to his flat above a corner shop to provide comfort and company.Rufus, meanwhile, allows himself to be...
Friendly Fire
A warm, compelling novel of adolescence and young love
2018
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A richly compelling story of adolescence, sexuality and the lessons we carry forever...'An intense tale of love, life, intellectualism and passion. Inspirational' Daily Express'Utterly compelling from first to last' Stephen FrySophie, an orphan in love with learning, is sure she will thrive in Tatham's, an esteemed boarding school, having survived years of institutional living. But she soon finds he...
Notes from an Exhibition
A thought-provoking and stunning classic novel of marriage, art and the secrets of family life
2018
EN
One of Patrick Gale's best-loved novels, NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION, set in Cornwall, is the exquisite story of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday'This book is complete perfection' Stephen FryCelebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that ...
Ease
A gentle, quirky novel of 1980s London and English eccentrics
2018
EN
The second, character-filled 1980s novel of London and quirky English eccentrics from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER'A huge treat' Daily MailDomina Tey is a playwright, celebrated by friends, her husband, and the public alike, yet she fears losing her vital edge. Her solution: to leave her beautiful home in Bristol and seek adventure in a squalid, crumbling West London bedsit, where she will live under an assumed n...
Love Lane
A searing portrayal of escape and the power of love, home and a family
2026
EN
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'Miraculous, mischievous and quietly devastating' Rachel Joyce'A tender, delicately devastating novel' Sarah Waters' An engulfing, deeply humane novel about the triumphs and failures of human connection' Marina KempA journey. A reunion. A longing for a place called home...When veteran Canadian wheat farmer, Harry Cane sails home to an England transf...
The Whole Day Through
A stunning, compassionate novel of love, regret and the choices we make
2018
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From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER, Patrick Gale's THE WHOLE DAY THROUGH is the beautiful structured story of the choices we make when we come face to face with our past.**One summer's day, two lovers meet again...'Wry, clever, faultlessly crafted' Guardian**'Poignant and acutely observed' Daily ExpressLaura Lewis has left her life in Paris and returned home to Winchester to care for her a...
Take Nothing With You
A richly absorbing novel of boyhood, coming of age, confusion and desire
2018
EN
'Absolutely one of his best - a wonderful, wonderful read' Stephen Fry'Funny and heartfelt' S***pectator***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.'An incredibly beautiful story told with compassion. Nothing i...
A Perfectly Good Man
A heartfelt, humane novel of Cornwall, love and forgiveness
2018
EN
From the author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER and NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION comes a heartfelt, humane novel about what happens when 'doing good' is no longer enough...'A convincing, moving account of man's struggle with faith, marriage and morality' Sunday TimesOn a clear, crisp summer's day in Cornwall, a young man carefully prepares to take his own life, and asks family friend, Barnaby Johnson, to pray with him.Barnaby is a pri...
Tree Surgery for Beginners
A character-filled novel of empathy, understanding and humour
2018
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From the bestselling author Patrick Gale, comes an early novel of love, lies and the secrets we live with'A very funny, often sad, novel writ with style' Time Out'Excellent' The TimesLawrence Frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits awkwardly into life, happier communing with nature than with people. When he wakes up one morning to discover his wife and child have gone missing, there is evid...