01338ojm 2200241z- 450 991014876210332120230912161814.00-00-736766-X(CKB)3710000000923130(BIP)029183518(EXLCZ)99371000000092313020231107c2011uuuu -u- -engDeath of Eli GoldHarperCollins UKThe new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes.As Eli Gold, a famous old writer lies dying in a hospital in New York, his family gather around his bed. His first wife Violet is too old to travel from London but Harvey, their son, who has never emerged from the shadow of his overpowering father, makes the journey. And there is Colette, a six-year old daughter from a second marriage, struggling to make sense of the fact her father is about to leave her.The Death of Eli Gold is a mesmerising family drama which confounds the expectations anyone might have that David Baddiel as a TV comedian. It is the work of a very fine novelist, here writing at the peak of his powers.823.914Baddiel David1449388Davies JotothAUDIO9910148762103321Death of Eli Gold3654665UNINA