num_pages: 271
description: When Clifford Stilton dies, his son gene crams his carefully kept diaries into a hall cupboard. But Clifford's words have too much life in them to be ignored, and start to permeate his family's world. "In a Fishbone Church" tells the story of three generations of the Stilton family, woven together with brilliance and subtlety, spanning continents and decades. From the Berlin rave scene to the Canterbury duck season, from the rural 1950's to the cosmopolitan present, five vivid lives cohere in a deeply affecting and exhilirating novel. "Catherine Chidgey is a wonderful new talent, and "In a Fisbone Church" marks the beginning of what promises to be a glorious literary career". - Nick Hornby. "Warm, wit, descriptive delicacy and understated emotional intensity ...as subtle as a breath". - "Time Out".
language: English
title: In a Fishbone Church
titlecomplete: In a Fishbone Church
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 167
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Betty Trask Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Hubert Church Best First Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing
publisher: Victoria Univ Pr