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Canvey Island

Name: Canvey Island
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Rating: 4.11 (4088 reviews)
Author: James Runcie
ISBN: 9780747585831

James Runcie

4.11 ( 4,088 Ratings by Goodreads)

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Canvey Island

James Runcie(Author)

4.11 (4,088 Ratings by Goodreads)

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Published: 2 April, 2007

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_______________ ‘Runcie has captured the truth about love ... he is the simple chronicler of English post-war life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the pathos of ordinary lives ... Beautifully done' - Sunday Telegraph ‘A tender, intimate account of post-war England which left me both wistful and elated ... So engaging, so well-shaped and so unsparingly, generously truthful' - Jim Crace _______________ A moving family saga and wonderfully rich portrait of post-war Britain It is 1953 in Canvey Island. Len and Violet are at a dance. Violet's husband George sits and watches them sway and glide across the dance floor, his mind far away, trapped by a war that ended nearly ten years ago. Meanwhile, at home, a storm rages and Len's wife Lily and his young son Martin fight for their lives in the raging black torrent. The night ends in a tragedy that will reverberate through their lives. This poignant novel follows the family's fortunes from the austerity of the post-war years to Churchill's funeral, from Greenham Common to the onset of Thatcherism and beyond, eloquently capturing the very essence of a transforming England in the decades after the war. It is a triumph of understated emotion, a novel about growing up and growing old, about love, hope and reconciliation. _______________ ‘Runcie's third novel is a funny, epic, moving story of Thameside folk ... a beautifully observed, tragi-comic work' - What’s On ‘Runcie writes with an excellent feeling for time and place, and, above all, the intensity of ordinary lives' - Choice

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ISBN13	9780747585831
ISBN10	0747585830
Number Of Pages	320
Item Weight	218 g
Publisher / Reseller	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format	paperback

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‘Runcie has captured the truth about love ... he is the simple chronicler of English post-war life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the pathos of ordinary lives ... Beautifully done' * Sunday Telegraph *
‘A tender, intimate account of post-war England which left me both wistful and elated ... So engaging, so well-shaped and so unsparingly, generously truthful' * Jim Crace *
‘Runcie's third novel is a funny, epic, moving story of Thameside folk ... Canvey Island is a beautifully observed, tragi-comic work' * What’s On *
‘Runcie writes with an excellent feeling for time and place, and, above all, the intensity of ordinary lives' * Choice *

Author's Bio

James Runcie is the author of two novels, The Discovery of Chocolate and The Colour of Heaven. He is also an award-winning film-maker and theatre director and has scripted several films for BBC Television. James Runcie lives in St.Albans with his wife and two daughters.

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Canvey Island

James Runcie

4.11 ( 4,088 Ratings by Goodreads)