num_pages: 304
description: This novel follows four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea.
language: English
title: Last Orders
titlecomplete: Last Orders
genres: Fiction, Death, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, College, Modern, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 13915
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: Alfred A Knopf