Holiday
Synopsis
To escape the death of his son and the death-throes of his marriage, Edwin Fisher retreats - to a place where he had once known the unqualified happiness of childhood. But as painful memories rise unbidden and uncontrolled, Edwin must confront each in turn and realise that without a past there can be no future.
Author Biography
Stanley Middleton was born in August 1919 in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. He taught English at a school in Nottingham for many years after graduating from University College Nottingham. His first novel, A Short Answer was published in 1958.In 1974, his novel Holiday won the Booker prize. He lives near Nottingham.
