The Widower's SonAllen, 1976 - 288 pages William's father, a Nottinghamshire coalminer, is proud of his son's military success, and annoyed when he gives up his life as a colonel in the artillery to become manager of a bowling alley. |
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... he'd been home a while he discovered that a score - and- four in the army hadn't been such a long stint after all , that people remembered him as clearly as if he'd only been away a short time . The friends of his youth were in their ...
... he'd been home a while he discovered that a score - and- four in the army hadn't been such a long stint after all , that people remembered him as clearly as if he'd only been away a short time . The friends of his youth were in their ...
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... he'd been a builder's mate , stood in for a deaf mute at funerals to earn a few extra bob . But he'd stayed in the Territorials , relishing his booze and reminiscences after parades , and came up for more last year . Oxton was the ...
... he'd been a builder's mate , stood in for a deaf mute at funerals to earn a few extra bob . But he'd stayed in the Territorials , relishing his booze and reminiscences after parades , and came up for more last year . Oxton was the ...
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... He'd stayed because he had to , and now he was known and respected as if he'd never been away . And he liked it , you could tell that . After twenty - odd years in the army he'd needed the protection of a small town like this . William ...
... He'd stayed because he had to , and now he was known and respected as if he'd never been away . And he liked it , you could tell that . After twenty - odd years in the army he'd needed the protection of a small town like this . William ...
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