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The North of England Home Service

In a forensic dissection of Britain's souring landscape Gordon Burn tells the tale of Ray Cruddas, a light entertainer effecting a semi-dignified retreat from his fading career, who returns to the unnamed northern town of his youth.

'Burn carves a tale of mutual dependence between two also-rans — Ray, once a successful Geordie comedian, and Jackie, an almost made-it boxer ... It is a book about ageing, about the long haul between what you hoped your life might be and the acceptance of what it is — and about the loneliness of men.' Anna Raeburn, Jewish Chronicle

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780571219377
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2004