
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 & courage of ordinary lives Last Orders confirms his reputation as one of the great contemporary chroniclers of landscape & memory' Observer His finest book to date; emotionally charged & technically superb' Times Literary Supplement Inspired His finest novel yet' Guardian A triumph' Sunday Times Tragic comic & wonderfully compassionate' Daily Mail