- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Coronet; New edition edition (2 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340286415
- ISBN-13: 978-0340286418
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 300,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for R F Delderfield:
'Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming' (Evening Standard )
'R F Delderfield is a born storyteller' ( Sunday Mirror )
'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' (Chicago Tribune )
'It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well . . . Today he is a bestseller wherever English language books are read' (Books and Bookmen )
'Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read' (Sunday Express )
'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' (Life Magazine )
'Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming' (Evening Standard )
'R F Delderfield is a born storyteller' ( Sunday Mirror )
'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' (Chicago Tribune )
'It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well . . . Today he is a bestseller wherever English language books are read' (Books and Bookmen )
'Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read' (Sunday Express )
'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' (Life Magazine )
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Charlie Pritchard has big ideas, and his job as a bank clerk certainly isn't enough to satisfy him - he dreams of a life of luxury with the delectable Delphine. Soon he finds himself sucked into a plan to rob the very bank he works in. It begins as a joke but quickly becomes dangerously real.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good yarn with some surprising and gripping details,
By A Customer
This review is from: Come Home Charlie and Face Them (Coronet Books) (Paperback)
This is one of my favourite books. I have to keep several copies to lend to friends. It does seem a little dated now in places but the story is excellent and the characters are rounded and believable. It is the story of a very boring ordinary man who decides to do something quite radical. His ordinary life protects him from the consequences of his actions. For some reason the description of the cheese sandwich is one that will stay with me. I don't want to give any more away, except to say that it is a fantastic book and I can't believe anyone wouldn't enjoy it. I hope it stays in print for years to come.ENJOY!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most impressive,
By Lewis Duckworth (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Come Home Charlie and Face Them (Coronet Books) (Paperback)
This was a lovely surprise. How well R.F.Delderfield conveys the atmosphere of Penmadoc, a small seaside resort in North Wales in the late 1920s/early 1930s period. Charlie, a bank clerk lodging in the bank manager's house, is mesmerised by Delphine, an exotic Italian beauty who runs a cafe with her brother, and Charlie spends many long hours at the cafe (next to the bank) gazing at this beauty. An incident where he defends her against some rowdy customers breaks the ice. Suddenly they become "friends". Gradually she brings him round to the idea, with gentle persuasion, to mount a raid on the bank's vaults. In fact, after weeks of rendezvous with Delphine he eventually discovers, by late-night snooping, the shocking truth that her relationship with her "brother" appears to be illegally intimate. It's too late for Charlie to pull out, but things are even worse than he imagines. The climax is shocking, but stunning. Unputdownable.
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