After Darke

Released from prison after serving his sentence for the assisted death of his wife, his health failing and his chronic impatience exacerbated, Dr James Darke self-isolates. But on his return he understands that he is now a displaced person, lost in a new world for which his education and inclinations have not prepared him. Irascible, misanthropic, intensely bookish, fastidious in his tastes and rich enough to indulge them, Darke is a happy shut-in, busily writing oppositional pamphlets and composing a literary hoax. But his daughter and the Bulgarian housekeeper she hired to look after him have other ideas. After Darke is a moving, witty reflection on grief, ageing and love in all its forms, and James Darke is one of the most memorable, exasperating yet loveable characters of contemporary fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Gekoski, Gekoski Rick, RICK GEKOSKI
• Publisher: Constable
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780349134932
• ISBN: 978-0-349-13493-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: general and literary, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Fiction-Related Items