Tree Surgery For Beginners

Description

From the author of the facts of life comes a cunning mix of tragedy and comedy, featuring one man’s journey to self-discovery. * as befits the hero of a modern fairy tale, lawrence frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits so awkwardly into his worldly mother’s life, he might have dropped from the sky. like many such a hero, he grows up happier with plants than people. whilst he is straightforward, honest, and a doting dad, he can be a difficult, taciturn husband — but he’s the last person one would suspect of being a killer… * waking one morning to find himself branded a wife-beater and under suspicion of murder, his small world falls apart as he loses wife, daughter, liberty, livelihood and, almost, his mind… * with a bold mixture of tragicomedy, harsh truth and sublime fantasy, patrick gale has created a vivid and compelling portrait of a man at odds with himself, and an extended family of friends and lovers trying to take its proper shape.