 Front cover of paperback edition (Vintage, 1998) | |
| Author | Chris Paling |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Morning All Day is a novel by Chris Paling. It was first published in 1997 by Jonathan Cape. [1]
The novel follows Gordon Meadows, a middle-aged history teacher whose married life unravels when he has an affair with a friend.
Morning All Day was first published in hardback by Jonathan Cape in 1997. Vintage Books published a paperback edition in 1998. [2]
Ong Sor Fern of The Straits Times described Morning All Day as “late 30-something Breakfast Club” and praised Paling's “knack for bringing his characters to life”. [3]
In a positive review for The Independent , Christopher Hawtree wrote that “Time and again, Paling touches off a phrase which emphasises the novel's jagged world-view, a rawness that springs from the shifting points of view of his episodic structure.” He added that the novel “forms something distinct from its parochial components”. [4]
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