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August

by Gerard Woodward · 2001

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Ever since Aldous Jones careened over the handlebars of his bicycle in 1955 and landed next to Farmer Evans's first field, it has become a tradition for him to take his family camping in Wales. Aldous has started to feel that a certain symbiosis has developed between their North London home and the Welsh village that they only ever see in August. As the years pass, Aldous's family idyll starts to disintegrate and the farm becomes a place drenched in memory.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisWalesWalesMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 308 pages

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