I was going to buy this book sometime ago but i never got round to it, So i asked for this book for christmas as i also did not get round to seeing the last weekend on tv. The last weekend book is a very good read. I recommend this book as it is an easy read & easy to follow& well wrote.. As i enjoyed reading the last weekend by blake morrison i will look up his other books that he has wrote.

The complex character of Ian is the pulse of Blake Morrison’s new book. The teacher and his partner Em have accepted a faulty invitation to spend a Norfolk weekend with Ollie and Daisy. Ian and Daisy almost had a relationship a long time ago and it’s possible that alpha male rivalry could lead to a resurfacing of old and dampened feelings; first love, after all, is unmistakeable and often irreplaceable. What begins as rest and relaxation (and a realisation that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all) is ignited by the arrival of Milo. Milo is perfect, let’s face it. Poor old Norfolk. Its lovers are outpunched every time by Amanda’s very flat, Norfolk, quip. If only Coward had resisted it. As our furtive five are augmented by Ollie and Daisy’s teenage rebel Archie an intricate web of emotion becomes even more snarled by marram grass and shoreline. Time then to pick up on that bet that Ollie and Ian set in motion all that time ago. This time, perhaps, winner takes all, but is that such a good idea? Blake Morrison is a writer for our times, an original, strongly-voiced poet who uses The Last Weekend as a confessional. The plot takes angry lurches to left and right, forcing the reader to regroup on every alternate page. Nothing is predictable and there’s a scary ending reminiscent of Anthony Burgess, Harold Pinter, Edward Bond and WB Yeats all in the same breath. Stark, striking, intricate writing. Poor old Norfolk.

The complex character of Ian is the pulse of Blake Morrison’s new book. The teacher and his partner Em have accepted a faulty invitation to spend a Norfolk weekend with Ollie and Daisy. Ian and Daisy almost had a relationship a long time ago and it’s possible that alpha male rivalry could lead to a resurfacing of old and dampened feelings; first love, after all, is unmistakeable and often irreplaceable. What begins as rest and relaxation (and a realisation that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all) is ignited by the arrival of Milo. Milo is perfect, let’s face it. Poor old Norfolk. Its lovers are outpunched every time by Amanda’s very flat, Norfolk, quip. If only Coward had resisted it. As our furtive five are augmented by Ollie and Daisy’s teenage rebel Archie an intricate web of emotion becomes even more snarled by marram grass and shoreline. Time then to pick up on that bet that Ollie and Ian set in motion all that time ago. This time, perhaps, winner takes all, but is that such a good idea? Blake Morrison is a writer for our times, an original, strongly-voiced poet who uses The Last Weekend as a confessional. The plot takes angry lurches to left and right, forcing the reader to regroup on every alternate page. Nothing is predictable and there’s a scary ending reminiscent of Anthony Burgess, Harold Pinter, Edward Bond and WB Yeats all in the same breath. Stark, striking, intricate writing. Poor old Norfolk.