Harriss Requiem

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A novel from 'the Chekhov of suburbia', Booker-Prize winning author Stanley Middleton. Rejacked and reissued in Windmill. From Booker-Prize winning novelist Stanley Middleton. Thomas Harris is on the cusp of success as a classical composer with a growing reputation. When his father, a coal miner, dies Thomas decides to write a requiem for him which is also a thinly veiled attack on the powerful elite. In spite of opposition he finally succeeds in getting his work performed but how will the critics react

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Middleton is a born writer; unpretentious, discerning, intelligent, and virtually incapable of writing a duff sentence. He is the Chekhov of suburbia; I recommend him. -- James Runcie * Daily Telegraph *
As ever with Middleton, the content is quiet and undramatic but the treatment makes it highly readable there is never a dull moment. * Sunday Times *
Enlivening and heartening. * Times Literary Supplement *
A sharp and faithful picture of middle-class provincial life. * New Statesman *

Author Bio

Stanley Middleton was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire in 1919. He published his first novel, A Short Answer, in 1958 and went on to publish 45 novels in a career spanning fifty years. He was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974 with Holiday. Stanley Middleton died in July 2009.