Rough Music
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Truly compelling and rich with emotional insight , Patrick Gale's Cornish novel, ROUGH MUSIC is a beautiful story of a marriage and the secrets a family holds.
'Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and the quiet, devastating fall-out of family life' Independent
Julian is a contented if naïve only child, and a holiday on the coast of North Cornwall should be perfect, especially when distant American cousins join the party. But their arrival brings upheaval and unexpected turmoil.
It is only as a seemingly well-adjusted adult that Julian is able to reflect on the realities of his parents' marriage, and to recognise that the happy, cheerful boyhood he thought was his is infused with secrets, loss and the memory of betrayals that have shaped his life.
'Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and the quiet, devastating fall-out of family life' Independent
Julian is a contented if naïve only child, and a holiday on the coast of North Cornwall should be perfect, especially when distant American cousins join the party. But their arrival brings upheaval and unexpected turmoil.
It is only as a seemingly well-adjusted adult that Julian is able to reflect on the realities of his parents' marriage, and to recognise that the happy, cheerful boyhood he thought was his is infused with secrets, loss and the memory of betrayals that have shaped his life.
- Published: Mar 02 2023
- Pages: 464
- 196 x 130mm
- ISBN: 9781472255402
Press Reviews
- Independent
Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and quiet, devastating fall-out of family life
- Mail on Sunday
A subtle, highly evocative tale of memory and desire
Elizabeth Buchan
Daily MailLike the sea he describes so well, Patrick Gale's clear, unforced prose sucks one in effortlessly
- Daily Telegraph
A painfully acute but never reproachful examination of a past that will not vanish
Independent on Sunday
A real craftsman, a master storyteller
- Independent
Sparkling with emotional intelligence. A gripping portrait of a marriage and quiet, devastating fall-out of family life
- Mail on Sunday
A subtle, highly evocative tale of memory and desire
Elizabeth Buchan
Daily MailLike the sea he describes so well, Patrick Gale's clear, unforced prose sucks one in effortlessly
- Daily Telegraph
A painfully acute but never reproachful examination of a past that will not vanish
Independent on Sunday
A real craftsman, a master storyteller