This novel follows four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, who meet to carry out his last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea.
Awards
Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) 1996 and Booker Prize for Fiction 1996. Shortlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 1998 and IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 1998 and W H Smith Annual Literary Award 1997.