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The Old Spring

By (author) Richard Francis
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Tindal Street Press
Published: 7th Jul 2011
Dimensions: w 129mm h 198mm d 18mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN-10: 1906994226
ISBN-13: 9781906994228
Barcode No: 9781906994228
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Synopsis
Dawn and Frank wake up one wet morning in the flat above their pub, the Old Spring. Today they have to meet the brewery representative, creepy Tim Green, and track down an error in their books - or face the consequences. Dawn has something else on her mind, too: the anniversary of an old tragedy for which she has always felt responsible. Frank has a problem of his own - a secret that has ended his sex life with Dawn. Darren the cleaner, meanwhile, is haunted by the ghost of a long-dead landlord. The pub's 'chaplain', Father Thomas, tries to rediscover his faith under the sceptical scrutiny of his tormentor, Alan. And, in the local hospital, pub regular Romesh drifts towards death on his magic carpet, while back in the snug, the tattoed man faces up to a life and death crisis of his own.

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A wonderfully boozy evocation and celebration of pub life, full of all the sorts of characters you dread meeting in a public bar, but are glad you did * Gerard Woodward * Richard Francis' excellent novel The Old Spring . . . is about a pub - observed over the course of one long business day -- Tom Sutcliffe * Independent * This is wry, humane comic writing * Times * A love letter to the great British boozer, a place to plot and dream as well as to drink -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times * Richly comic . . . There have been quite a few good novels set in pubs, The Old Spring is a worthy addition to that line -- William Palmer * Independent *