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A group of disgruntled septuagenarians prepare for their final days in this dark and "very funny" English novel about death and the inevitability of growing old (The Observer)

At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty,... Read Full Overview

A group of disgruntled septuagenarians prepare for their final days in this dark and "very funny" English novel about death and the inevitability of growing old (The Observer).

Everyone wants a comfortable place to die, and Kingsley Amis's characters have found it in... Read Full Overview

A group of disgruntled septuagenarians prepare for their final days in this dark and "very funny" English novel about death and the inevitability of growing old (The Observer).

Everyone wants a comfortable place to die, and Kingsley Amis's characters have found it in... Read Full Overview