num_pages: 296
description: Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift's most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
language: English
title: Last Orders
titlecomplete: Last Orders
genres: 20th Century, Modern, Death, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, College, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 13913
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: Picador