Rules for Old Men Waiting

Peter R. Pouncey

Original title: Rules for old men waiting

earliest edition we have, 2004 Random House Publishing Group, 2010

A deeply sensual, moving, thrilling novel... calls for a second and third reading - it is that rich.' Frank McCourt, author of Anglela's Ashes.Old man MacIver, military historian and one-time centre for Scotland's rugby team ('quite quick in his day'), recently widowed, has holed up in his holiday home. He makes rules to 'stop the rot', as he and his house crumble away - what he must burn, when he should eat, how to...

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Rules for Old Men Waiting edition · 2010 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407053486
Rules for old men waiting edition · 2005 · Random House Large Print · 401 pages
Rules for old men waiting edition · 2004 · Random House · 210 pages

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