Baxter's Requiem Paperback / softback
by Matthew Crow
Paperback / softback
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'The fact that this novel is so witty is incidental to how good it is - it has characters you care about deeply and a heart as big as a cathedral' Miles JuppLet me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know... Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home.
Baxter is many things - raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur - but 'good patient' he is not.
He had every intention of living his twilight years with wine, music and revelry; not tea, telly and Tramadol.
Indeed, Melrose Gardens is his worst nightmare - until he meets Gregory.
At only nineteen years of age, Greg has suffered a loss so heavy that he is in danger of giving up on life before he even gets going.
Determined to save the boy, Baxter decides to enlist his help on a mission to pay tribute to his long-lost love, Thomas: the man with whom he found true happiness; the man he waved off to fight in a senseless war; the man who never returned.
The best man he ever knew. With Gregory in tow Baxter sets out on a spirited escape from Melrose, bound for the war graves of Northern France.
As Baxter shares his memories, the boy starts to see that life need not be a matter of mere endurance; that the world is huge and beautiful; that kindness is strength; and that the only way to honour the dead, is to live. Baxter's Requiem is a glorious celebration of life, love and seizing every last second we have while we're here.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:06/09/2018
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- ISBN:9781472153326
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:06/09/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472153326
