num_pages: 9
description: Set in Southeast England, friendship and love among a group of men whose lives have been intertwined since World War II. When one dies, the survivors are brought together and are forced to take stock of the paths their lives have taken, by choice and by accident, since the war. Winner of the 1996 Booker Prize.
language: English
title: Last Orders
titlecomplete: Last Orders
genres: Fiction, Death, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, College, Modern, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 13916
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: HighBridge Company