by Patrick Gale
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'Gale exerts the unmistakeable force of a novelist in the process of discovering a new, strong voice. With this alarming and technically very skilful romance, he is decidedly a man to watch.' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday 'Elegant and allusive... The paraphernalia of Tree Surgery for Beginners may be of the moment -- a world of gyms, psychotherapists and New Age havens -- but the hopefulness of the narrative and the solidity of its central character make it a lasting creation.' David Horspool, TLS 'Consistently entertaining... quietly moving.' Julia Flynn, Sunday Telegraph
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From the author of The Facts of Life comes a cunning mix of tragedy and comedy, featuring one man's journey to self-discovery. * As befits the hero of a modern fairy tale, Lawrence Frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits so awkwardly into his worldly mother's life, he might have dropped from the sky. Like many such a hero, he grows up happier with plants than people. Whilst he is straightforward, honest, and a doting dad, he can be a difficult, taciturn husband -- but he's the last person one would suspect of being a killer...* Waking one morning to find himself branded a wife-beater and under suspicion of murder, his small world falls apart as he loses wife, daughter, liberty, livelihood and, almost, his mind...* With a bold mixture of tragicomedy, harsh truth and sublime fantasy, Patrick Gale has created a vivid and compelling portrait of a man at odds with himself, and an extended family of friends and lovers trying to take its proper shape.
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'Gale exerts the unmistakeable force of a novelist in the process of discovering a new, strong voice. With this alarming and technically very skilful romance, he is decidedly a man to watch.' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday 'Elegant and allusive... The paraphernalia of Tree Surgery for Beginners may be of the moment -- a world of gyms, psychotherapists and New Age havens -- but the hopefulness of the narrative and the solidity of its central character make it a lasting creation.' David Horspool, TLS 'Consistently entertaining... quietly moving.' Julia Flynn, Sunday Telegraph
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From the author of The Facts of Life comes a cunning mix of tragedy and comedy, featuring one man's journey to self-discovery. * As befits the hero of a modern fairy tale, Lawrence Frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits so awkwardly into his worldly mother's life, he might have dropped from the sky. Like many such a hero, he grows up happier with plants than people. Whilst he is straightforward, honest, and a doting dad, he can be a difficult, taciturn husband -- but he's the last person one would suspect of being a killer...* Waking one morning to find himself branded a wife-beater and under suspicion of murder, his small world falls apart as he loses wife, daughter, liberty, livelihood and, almost, his mind...* With a bold mixture of tragicomedy, harsh truth and sublime fantasy, Patrick Gale has created a vivid and compelling portrait of a man at odds with himself, and an extended family of friends and lovers trying to take its proper shape.
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