Golden Deeds by Catherine Chidgey

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This is the story of three people, seemingly unconnected: Patrick Mercer, middle-aged and lying unconscious in a hospital bed; Laura Pearce, who has disappeared and whose parents are bereft; and of Colette, a young woman seeking a new life in a strange city.

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Golden Deeds by Catherine Chidgey

A tale of murder mystery and Meccano Golden Deeds tells the story of the middle-aged Patrick Mercer, lying unconscious in a hospital bed: of the teenaged Laura Pearse's disappearance and the grieving of her bereft parents; and the story of Colette, a young woman seeking a new life in a strange city. In warm, compassionate and beautiful prose, Catherine Chidgey delineates the connections which, however fragile, bind people together across continents and generations. 'Magnanimous and merciless, a work reminiscent at times of darkest Atwood...A witty and melancholy alchemy of heat and chill, a work of craft and fluency, which revitalizes the book in all its guises...for those who love books, Catherine Chidgey is a find' TLS
"'One of my novels of the year..immensely satisfying...Superb' Time Out"
Catherine Chidgey was born in 1970. She is the author of In a Fishbone Church, published by Picador, which won the Montana Prize for best first novel in New Zealand, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
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ISBN 13 9780330483322
ISBN 10 0330483323
Title Golden Deeds
Author Catherine Chidgey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2001-07-20
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.