Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack鈥檚 widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day鈥檚 outing,Last Orders is Graham Swift鈥檚 most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. 鈥?i>Last Orders confirms his reputation as one of the great contemporary chroniclers of landscape and memory鈥?Observer 鈥楬is finest book to date; emotionally charged and technically superb鈥?Times Literary Supplement 鈥業nspired . . . His finest novel yet鈥?Guardian 鈥楢 triumph鈥?Sunday Times 鈥楾ragic, comic and wonderfully compassionate鈥?Daily Mail展开