Holiday
By: Stanley Middleton
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Booker prize for fiction. 1974; Booker prize for fiction
Publisher: W F Howes
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781407433547
Subjects: Fiction; Spouses; Vacations; Seaside resorts
Description: Edwin Fisher is on holiday at the English seaside - but this revisiting of childhood haunts is no ordinary holiday. Edwin is seeking to understand the failure of his marriage to Meg. But it turns out that her parents are staying at the same resort - whether by accident or design - and are keen to patch up the relationship. As the past and his enigmatic wife loom larger, deeper truths emerge and the perspective shifts in unexpected ways...
Notes: Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 1974.