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A mysterious clergyman is dead. His daughter Athene is desolate. Through a muddle and the vagueness of her family, Athene finds herself in the summer after her father's funeral marooned in a cottage with a painter, then in a hotel and finally in a school, empty apart from a schoolmaster.

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Funny and exact...you can't help cheering, enjoying, wanting more. * SPECTATOR *
The pattern of THE SUMMER AFTER THE FUNERAL, like that of an Iris Murdoch satires, is as intricate and delicate as a mazurka... To enjoy the full impact of this marvellously entertaining book one cannot afford to skip a single word. * TLS *
Extraordinary... Mrs Gardam is a writer of original spirit, her observations acute and funny/sad. * GUARDIAN *
Jane Gardam to me is everything that's right about contemporary fiction...there's nothing more difficult than trying to catch a mood and I think she does that to perfection. * Margaret Foster *

Summer After The Funeral

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      Publisher Abacus
      Published 6 November 1992
      ISBN-13 9780349102450
      978-0349102450
      ISBN-10 0349102457

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      Book Synopsis
      A mysterious clergyman is dead. His daughter Athene is desolate. Through a muddle and the vagueness of her family, Athene finds herself in the summer after her father's funeral marooned in a cottage with a painter, then in a hotel and finally in a school, empty apart from a schoolmaster.

      Trade Review
      Funny and exact...you can't help cheering, enjoying, wanting more. * SPECTATOR *
      The pattern of THE SUMMER AFTER THE FUNERAL, like that of an Iris Murdoch satires, is as intricate and delicate as a mazurka... To enjoy the full impact of this marvellously entertaining book one cannot afford to skip a single word. * TLS *
      Extraordinary... Mrs Gardam is a writer of original spirit, her observations acute and funny/sad. * GUARDIAN *
      Jane Gardam to me is everything that's right about contemporary fiction...there's nothing more difficult than trying to catch a mood and I think she does that to perfection. * Margaret Foster *

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