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- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
9 hours 39 min
2018
EN
From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER comes a new novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. For all readers of Ian McEwan's ATONEMENT or L P Hartley's THE GO-BETWEEN.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 h...
Dangerous Pleasures
A Decade of Stories
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
7 hours 44 min
2018
EN
Gentle, witty and sometimes disturbing, DANGEROUS PLEASURES is Patrick Gale's first collection of much loved short stories'Nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing. The prose sizzles with acidic observation' Sunday TimesA funeral party ends in an unexpected manner; parents are faced with difficult decisions about their daughter; a housewife transforms her personality with a simple touch-up; a father's trip...
The Aerodynamics of Pork
A delicious debut novel of love, music and comedy, set in the early 1980s
2018
EN
THE AERODYNAMICS OF PORK - an irresistible story of love, sexuality, music and comedy - is the first novel from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER and NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION, first published in 1986'A master storyteller' Independent on Sunday'Gale's concoction is irresistible: modern relationships with period charm' Armistead MaupinSeth, a musical prodigy on ...
Little Bits of Baby
A quirky, comedic novel of breakdown, escape and the possibilities of finding love
2018
EN
Set in the late 1980s, Patrick Gale's early novel is a charming, funny story of love and life teetering towards the edge'Richly comic, affectionate and perceptive' Mail on SundayEight years ago, Robin fled from his family, friends, and entire life, to suffer a complete breakdown in an island monastery. Now he's returning to London and reconnecting with those he left behind: his mother and father, with their own small secrets, and J...
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...
The Cat Sanctuary
An intriguing novel of sisters, childhood and the complexities of family lives
2018
EN
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...
Facing the Tank
A carefully observed, comedic novel of cathedrals, clergy and genteel, country town living
2018
EN
Patrick Gale's early novel, FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric story of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics'Made me laugh out loud' Sunday TimesAmerican Professor Evan Kirby, author of a successful book on Hell, moves to Barrowcester in the south England expecting to find the very epitome of a cathedral society of gentle clergymen and coffee mornings.What he encounters instead is a small city thrown into chaos by scan...
Notes from an Exhibition
A thought-provoking and stunning classic novel of marriage, art and the secrets of family life
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
11 hours 52 min
2024
EN
A bestselling 'Cornish' novel, NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION is a moving, intuitive novel of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind. It was a Richard & Judy bestseller.'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on SundayCelebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life. Her family gathers, each of them...
Ease
A gentle, quirky novel of 1980s London and English eccentrics
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
4 hours 37 min
2018
EN
A quirky, warm novel of eccentric adventure from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER - 'A huge treat' Daily Mail'Patrick Gale is among the great, unsung English novelists. Think Austen, Hardy, Murdoch. Remarkable' IndependentDomina 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 adve...
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
9 hours 58 min
2018
EN
Insightful and full of understanding and warmth, Patrick Gale's FRIENDLY FIRE is 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 boardi...
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
5 hours 2 min
2021
EN
From the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER, a story of the choices we make when we come face to face with our past.'Wry, clever, fautlessly crafted' Guardian'Poignant and acutely observed' Daily ExpressLaura has left Paris to return to her childhood home, to act as carer to her ageing, but still brilliantly sharp, mother. Ben has moved away from his beautiful and loyal wife to support his...
Rough Music
A gripping and evocative story of a Cornish holiday, and the dark secrets of family life
- Narrated by
- Patrick Gale
Unabridged
12 hours 40 min
2018
EN
Truly compelling and rich with emotional insight , Patrick Gale's Cornish novel, ROUGH MUSIC is a beautiful story of a marriage and the secrets a family holds.'Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and the quiet, devastating fall-out of family life' IndependentJulian is a contented if naïve only child, and a holiday on the coast of North Cornwall should be perfect, especially when distant American...











