A bitter-sweet novel about an elderly butler and his dog. He is old and lonely and his little dog serves to remind him of his increasing age. He is master now, where once he served and owns the great house, which is empty - but peopled with his memories.
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About the Author:
ROSE TREMAIN's bestselling novels have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Whitbread Novel of the Year ( Music and Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger ( Sacred Country). Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in1989 and made into a film in 1995. Her short story, ‘Moth’, was also filmed (as the award-winning Ricky) by François Ozon in 2009. Her most recent novel, Trespass, was a Richard and Judy Bookclub Choice. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0140147713
- ISBN 13 9780140147711
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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