false <![CDATA[Last Orders]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517409m/5068.jpg 5068 21 From the author of Waterland and Ever After, <B>Last Orders</B> is a quiet but dazzling novel about a group of men, friends since the Second World War, whose lives revolve around work, family, the racetrack, and their favorite pub. When one of them dies, the survivors drive his ashes from London to a seaside town where they will be scattered, compelling them to take stock in who they are today, who they were before, and the shifting relationships in between. Both funny and moving, this won the Booker Prize in 1996. 958782 1996 Last Orders total:590|5:97|4:207|3:212|2:56|1:18| 590 2079 863 52 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:13:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:26:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:40:36 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:08:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Jun 12 20:42:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 23:09:12 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:29:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:21:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 23:57:16 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 00:05:05 -0800 2008
It's an easy read, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 17 08:36:27 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 14:36:57 -0700 2007


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And, I'm sorry Mr Swift, I admire your work, but the cinematic interpretation ruined the book for me.

I do so wish I had come to this story from the book first, the film diluted too ma...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 17:36:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 17:42:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 20:07:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 20:12:19 -0700 2009
It is the death of Jack and the casting of his ashes in M...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 12 08:31:03 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 08:37:38 -0800 2009
Let me also say that this book is not for everyone. It is not something ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 21:28:55 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 23:44:10 -0800 2008
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I'll say. It isn't every day that you are charged to take your friend's ashes to a seaside resort and scatter them in the ocean. That sort of day calls for some recalling of memories, some friends, and maybe a drink - or three. Graham Swift's nov...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue May 12 11:02:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:09:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 11:09:39 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:13:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:33:57 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:38:41 -0700 2009 Waterland, but Last Order's is no beach read and that's where I was trying to sort out the who's who of these characters off to scatter a friend's ashes. Just didn't hold my attention: h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Oct 06 22:17:40 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 23:52:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 25 09:22:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:24:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:17:49 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 15:54:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 10:41:18 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 14:36:54 -0800 2009
Really liked Last Orders a lot. Great examination of personal relationships and the meaning of friendship. Narrative shifted constantly between 5-6 characte...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5068