- Hardcover: 225 pages
- Publisher: Hodder; First Edition edition (April 1969)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340108428
- ISBN-13: 978-0340108420
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,355,093 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 ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'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 ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Charlie Pritchard looks back and tells the story of a perfect bank robbery which he had planned meticulously forty years ago, together with the proprietors of the Rainbow Cafe. It was the best way to escape his mundane life in a small Welsh seaside town as a poorly paid clerk in Cadwallader's bank. He wanted to gain a triumph over his colleagues, and he wanted to live with the beautiful Delphine. He knew that this was his only chance for them to start a new life - with the stolen money.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!
ENJOY!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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