Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight in 1962. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester. He now lives on a farm near Land’s End. His most recent novels are ‘The Whole Day Through’ and the Richard & Judy bestseller ‘Notes from an Exhibition’.
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A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ‘Notes from an Exhibition’, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline.
Publication date: UK 24th May 2012
A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ‘Notes from an Exhibition’, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline.
Publication date: UK 15th Mar 2012
A PERFECTLY GOOD MAN [ePub edition]
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The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ‘Notes from an Exhibition’, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline.
Publication date: UK 1st Mar 2012
THE WHOLE DAY THROUGH [ePub edition]
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The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
GENTLEMAN’S RELISH [ePub edition]
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An exhilarating collection of stories by the author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale, which combines wit and poignancy to illuminate experiences both common and uncommon.
Publication date: UK 28th Apr 2011
GENTLEMAN’S RELISH
An exhilarating new collection of stories by the author of Richard & Judy-bestseller ‘Notes from an Exhibition’, combining wit and poignancy to illuminate experiences both common and uncommon.
Publication date: UK 29th Apr 2010
THE WHOLE DAY THROUGH
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition.
Publication date: UK 28th May 2009
THE CAT SANCTUARY
A powerful and moving novel in which Patrick Gale casts a compassionate yet satirically sharp eye over the pains and abuses inflicted by families, friends and lovers.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
A SWEET OBSCURITY
A moving and intensely felt examination of the lengths to which we will go to seek protection and security in others. Returning to haunted Cornish landscapes familiar from other Gale novels, it is the story of individuals in search of a family.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
THE FACTS OF LIFE
A brilliant novel from the author of ‘Notes from an Exhibition’ – that follows three genrations of an unusual family as they confront the harsher facts of modern life.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
ROUGH MUSIC
A gripping and unnerving story of a family’s secrets and lies, from the bestselling author of ‘Notes from an Exhibition’.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
TREE SURGERY FOR BEGINNERS
A vivid and compelling portrait of a man at odds with himself; and an extended family of friends and lovers trying to take its proper shape.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION [ePub edition]
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The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale tells the story of artist Rachel Kelly, whose life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression.
Publication date: UK 4th Sep 2008
NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION
The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale. Renowned Canadian artist Rachel Kelly – now of Penzance – has buried her past and married a gentle and loving Cornish man. Her life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression.
Publication date: UK 7th Jan 2008
FRIENDLY FIRE
Youthful beauty, intellectual brilliance, physical passion, tragedy and disgrace are all in this wonderful novel as told through the eyes of a 14-year-old girl.
Publication date: UK 7th Jan 2008