'The fact that this novel is so witty is incidental to how good it is - it has characters you care about deeply and a heart as big as a cathedral' Miles Jupp Let me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know... Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home. Baxter is many things - raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur - but 'good patient' he is not. He had every intention of living his twilight ...
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'The fact that this novel is so witty is incidental to how good it is - it has characters you care about deeply and a heart as big as a cathedral' Miles Jupp Let me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know... Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home. Baxter is many things - raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur - but 'good patient' he is not. He had every intention of living his twilight years with wine, music and revelry; not tea, telly and Tramadol. Indeed, Melrose Gardens is his worst nightmare - until he meets Gregory. At only nineteen years of age, Greg has suffered a loss so heavy that he is in danger of giving up on life before he even gets going. Determined to save the boy, Baxter decides to enlist his help on a mission to pay tribute to his long-lost love, Thomas: the man with whom he found true happiness; the man he waved off to fight in a senseless war; the man who never returned. The best man he ever knew. With Gregory in tow Baxter sets out on a spirited escape from Melrose, bound for the war graves of Northern France. As Baxter shares his memories, the boy starts to see that life need not be a matter of mere endurance; that the world is huge and beautiful; that kindness is strength; and that the only way to honour the dead, is to live. Baxter's Requiem is a glorious celebration of life, love and seizing every last second we have while we're here.
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New in New jacket. Signed by Author. Mint condition. Consair, 2018. First UK edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Signed Numbered limited edition to 750 copies. This copy is no 206 of 750. The book is Signed by the Author on the title page. Orange hardback (silver lettering to the spine) with protected Dj, both in mint condition. The book is new. 248pp. Price un-clipped. Signed Limited first edition This is another paragraph Book Description: Meet Mr Baxter: Raconteur and rabble-rouser at Melrose Retirement Home. At age 94 he has lost none of his spark but his health, and his memories, will soon fail him. So he breaks out of the home bound for the war graves of France to bid a final farewell to the man he loved and lost. Tender, funny, heartwarming fiction for fans of Rachel Joyce.
