{"product_id":"killing-time","title":"Alan Bennett: Killing Time [2024]","description":"A wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett, in his ninetieth year – a\u003cbr\u003ebrand new novella, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly\u003cbr\u003ecomic treat.\u003cbr\u003eWe have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It’s less of a home and more of\u003cbr\u003ea club and very much a community.\u003cbr\u003ePresided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council home for the\u003cbr\u003eelderly. Among the unforgettable cast of staff and residents there’s Mr Peckover the deluded\u003cbr\u003earchaeologist, Phyllis the knitter, Mr Cresswell the ex-cruise ship hairdresser, the enterprising\u003cbr\u003eMrs Foss and Mr Jimson the chiropodist. Covid is the cause of fatalities and the source of darkly\u003cbr\u003ecomic confusion, but it’s also the key to liberation. As staff are hospitalised, protocol breaks\u003cbr\u003edown. Miss Rathbone reveals a lifelong secret, and the surviving residents seize their moment,\u003cbr\u003earthritis allowing, to scamper freely in the warmth of the summer sun.\u003cbr\u003e‘Violet? She’ll be having a little lie down,’ said Mrs McBryde. ‘She likes to give her\u003cbr\u003epacemaker a rest. I’ll rout her out.’","brand":"Bennett, Alan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49410373714259,"sku":"9780571394814","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bennett-alan-killing-time-9780571394814-60084213219667.jpg?v=1731819905","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/killing-time","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}