TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gekoski,R.A.
TI  - Darke
SN  - 9781782119371
AV  - PS3607.E385 D37 2017
U1  - 813.6 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Canongate Books Ltd.
KW  - Father and child
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Old age
KW  - Older men
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Older people
KW  - Families
KW  - Fathers and daughters
KW  - Grandparent and child
KW  - Social isolation
KW  - Ficiton
KW  - Reminiscing in old age
KW  - Death
KW  - lcgft
N2  - Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile, drawn by the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson. Rich in ideas and feeling, Rick Gekoski's debut novel is provocative and timely. With scalding prose, ruthless intelligence and an unforgettably vivid protagonist, it faces some of the greatest, most uncomfortable questions about how we choose to live, and how to die
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