# After Darke

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- Authors: [Rick Gekoski](https://www.bookquiver.com/rick-gekoski)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2022-07-07

## Description

Released from prison after serving his sentence for the assisted death of his wife, his health failing and his chronic impatience exacerbated, Dr James Darke self-isolates. But on his return he understands that he is now a displaced person, lost in a new world for which his education and inclinations have not prepared him. Irascible, misanthropic, intensely bookish, fastidious in his tastes and rich enough to indulge them, Darke is a happy shut-in, busily writing oppositional pamphlets and composing a literary hoax. But his daughter and the Bulgarian housekeeper she hired to look after him have other ideas. After Darke is a moving, witty reflection on grief, ageing and love in all its forms, and James Darke is one of the most memorable, exasperating yet loveable characters of contemporary fiction.

## Editions

### After Darke

- Publisher: constable
- ISBN: 978-03-4913-493-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2023-04-27
- Language: en_GB

### After Darke

- Publisher: constable
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4913-491-8
- Published: 2022-07-07
- Language: en_GB

### After Darke

- Publisher: constable
- ISBN: 978-03-4913-492-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2022-07-07
- Language: en_GB