The Resource Baxter's requiem, Matthew Crow
Baxter's requiem, Matthew Crow
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- Summary
- Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home. Baxter is many things - raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur - but 'good patient' he is not. He had every intention of living his twilight years with wine, music and revellry; not tea, telly and Tramadol. Indeed, Melrose Gardens is his worst nightmare - until he meets Gregory. At only nineteen years of age, Greg has suffered a loss so heavy that he is in danger of giving up on life before he even gets going. Determined to save the boy, Baxter decides to enlist his help on a mission to pay tribute to his long-lost love, Thomas: the man with whom he found true happiness; the man he waved off to fight in a senseless war; the man who never returned. The best man he ever knew. With Gregory in tow Baxter sets out on a spirited escape from Melrose, bound for the war graves of Northern France. As Baxter shares his memories, the boy starts to see that life need not be a matter of mere endurance; that the world is huge and beautiful; that kindness is strength; and that the only way to honour the dead, is to live
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Note
- "Let me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know..."--Cover
- Isbn
- 9781472153326
- Label
- Baxter's requiem
- Title
- Baxter's requiem
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew Crow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mr Baxter is ninety-four years old when he falls down his staircase and grudgingly finds himself resident at Melrose Gardens Retirement Home. Baxter is many things - raconteur, retired music teacher, rabble-rouser, bon viveur - but 'good patient' he is not. He had every intention of living his twilight years with wine, music and revellry; not tea, telly and Tramadol. Indeed, Melrose Gardens is his worst nightmare - until he meets Gregory. At only nineteen years of age, Greg has suffered a loss so heavy that he is in danger of giving up on life before he even gets going. Determined to save the boy, Baxter decides to enlist his help on a mission to pay tribute to his long-lost love, Thomas: the man with whom he found true happiness; the man he waved off to fight in a senseless war; the man who never returned. The best man he ever knew. With Gregory in tow Baxter sets out on a spirited escape from Melrose, bound for the war graves of Northern France. As Baxter shares his memories, the boy starts to see that life need not be a matter of mere endurance; that the world is huge and beautiful; that kindness is strength; and that the only way to honour the dead, is to live
- Cataloging source
- QPPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1987-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crow, Matthew
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Love
- Grief
- Suicidal behaviour
- War victims
- Voyages and travels
- Reminiscing in old age
- Male friendship
- Nursing homes
- Gay men
- France, Northern
- Label
- Baxter's requiem, Matthew Crow
- Note
- "Let me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know..."--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063935425
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472153326
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004825853
- Label
- Baxter's requiem, Matthew Crow
- Note
- "Let me tell you a story, about a man I knew, and a man I know..."--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063935425
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472153326
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004825853
Subject
- Gay men -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- Love -- Fiction
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- Nursing homes -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- France, Northern -- Fiction
- Suicidal behaviour -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- War victims -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Gay fiction
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