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The Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
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A charming and moving depiction of love and secrecy, set against the rural backdrop of a 1920s Welsh village.

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Wendy Jones was the first person to do an MA in Life Writing at UEA and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, where she teaches. She wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl, a biography of Grayson Perry (Chatto & Windus) and hosts Interesting Conversations, a literary programme on Resonancefm. She lives in London.

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Gently glorious.Light, compassionate drama about a small, very tightly bound, ancient corner of the world. - The Guardian'Wilfred's sentimental education is wrought so delightfully and affectionately.' - Sunday Timesa delightful story of great charm, very quirky and original.I love this novel... who would have thought so quiet, calm and delicate a novel could keep you completely absorbed from first page to last?A skillfully drawn comedy of manners - The New YorkerTake on its own humble terms an old-fashioned story exploring first love, loyalty and loss this diverting novel is pure pleasure - The New York Times Sunday Book ReviewJones expertly conjures the speech patterns, mores and physical details of a bygone world in this remarkable debut. - SF Gate

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