Morning All Day

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Morning All Day
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Front cover of paperback edition (Vintage, 1998)
Author Chris Paling
Genre Fiction
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Publication date
1997
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Morning All Day is a novel by Chris Paling. It was first published in 1997 by Jonathan Cape. [1]

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Synopsis

The novel follows Gordon Meadows, a middle-aged history teacher whose married life unravels when he has an affair with a friend.

Publication history

Morning All Day was first published in hardback by Jonathan Cape in 1997. Vintage Books published a paperback edition in 1998. [2]

Reception

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]

References

  1. Chris Paling (1997). Morning All Day. Great Britain: Jonathan Cape. ISBN   978-0224044462.
  2. Morning All Day. Great Britain: Vintage. 1998. ISBN   978-0099753513.
  3. Ong, Sor Fern (30 May 1998). "On the rocks, three times over". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. Christopher Hawtree (29 March 1997). "Book Review / Turning the tables". The Independent. Retrieved 18 June 2024.