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The Other Occupant

The Other Occupant

by PeterBenson (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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    Hardcover 1990

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Synopsis

Greg is thirty-three, without a job or a place to live. Hiding from painful memories, he only half-exists, his lethargy a protection against the world. Alice, his Leninist aunt, disturbed by his apathy, sends him to Dorset to help out a friend. Living in the countryside, working for the wildly eccentric, sports-car-owning Marjorie, he begins to face his past. As their friendship grows Greg is faced with an unexpected challenge that threatens to destroy his new-found happiness.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Published: 12 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1846881935
ISBN 13: 9781846881930

Media Reviews
'a gem of understatement and compassion' - The Evening Standard 'A memorable, affecting novel, its elegaic theme complemented by a laconic wit' The Guardian
Author Bio
Born in 1956, Peter Benson was educated in Ramsgate, Canterbury and Exeter. His first novel, The Levels, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. This was followed by A Lesser Dependency, winner of the Encore award, The Other Occupant, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, and three more novels: Odo's Hanging, Riptide and A Private Moon. He has also published short stories, screenplays and poetry, and his work has been adapted for TV and radio and translated into many languages. He lives in Exeter with his wife.