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Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler Gale (born 31 January 1962) is a British novelist. Early life and education Gale was born in 1962 on the Isle of Wight, the youngest of four children. His father was the prison governor of HM Prison Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight, and he was brought up in and around prisons. In 1969 the family moved to Winchester, Hampshire and his father became Under-Secretary of State for Prisons. In his 2000 novel Rough Music, the lead character is the son of a prison governor. In Winchester he was invited to join the Quiristers in the Winchester College Chapel Choir. Before he turned ten, one of his siblings suffered a nervous breakdown and his mother almost died in a car accident that left her brain-damaged. He was then educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. Career His first two novels, The Aerodynamics of Pork and Ease, were published on the same day in 1985. In 2017 he made his screenwriting debut with Man in an Orange Shirt, a two part original drama which formed part of the BBC's Gay Britannia season. The show won the 2018 International Emmy for Best Miniseries. His 2000 novel Rough Music is the most widely held of his books in libraries: in 2018 it was owned by 673 libraries, according to WorldCat. Describing himself as the "last novelist in England", he has lived in Cornwall since 1988, a county described repeatedly in his novels. He is artistic director of the North Cornwall Book Festival, which he helped found. He is a patron of the Charles Causley Trust, the Penzance LitFest, and Literature Works. Personal life Gale lives on a farm near Land's End, with his husband, the sculptor-farmer Aidan Hicks. There they raise beef cattle and grow barley. He is a keen gardener and in April 2024 his garden at Land's End was featured on BBC's Gardeners' World. Novels and short stories References External links Patrick Gale's website Patrick Gale bibliography "BIGfib.com" Patrick Gale Interview outuk.com Interview with Patrick Gale Dymocks Online Interview with Patrick Gale Articles by Patrick Gale on the 5th Estate blog. Discover the Patrick Gale popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Patrick Gale books.

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Loyalty
Megan DeVos
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After the Crash
Martin Spinelli
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The Fat Chance Guide to Dieting
Claudia Pattison
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Revolution
Megan DeVos
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Annihilation
Megan DeVos
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Steels Duell
Iain Gale & Dr. Holger Hanowell
Spanische Niederlande, 1706. Trotz ihres glorreichen Siegs in der Schlacht bei Ramillies kommt die britische Armee nicht zur Ruhe. Zwar haben die Männer unter dem Herzog von Marlbo...
Still
Adam Thorpe
' outwardly the unfilmable script of a wouldbe English cineste, one Richard Arthur Thornby currently lecturing in Texas on the cinema. He airs a hypothetical movie of both his ...
Tales of Angria
Charlotte Brontë
In 1834, Charlotte Brontë and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'nov...
Steels Entscheidung
Iain Gale & Dr. Holger Hanowell
1708. Captain Jack Steel ist wieder dort, wo er hingehört: auf dem Schlachtfeld und unter den Männern des Herzogs von Marlborough. Doch die Engländer benötigen einen tieferen Einbl...
In the Absence of Men
Philippe Besson & Frank Wynne
'An astonishing love story, beautifully told' Time Out'I am sixteen. I am as old as the century'It is 1916. Vincent is sixteen, on the brink of manhood. ...
Three Decades of Stories
Patrick Gale
THREE DECADES OF STORIES is a unique collection of Patrick Gale's two volumes of dark, moving, often witty and eccentric stories, GENTLEMAN'S RELISH and DANGEROUS PLEASURES. It als...
Particle Theory
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
Two orphaned boys one Russian (Ivan), and one British (Michael) may or may not be brothers, Ivan is brought up brutally on the bleak rural steppes, while Michael is cosseted by hi...
Heart Of Desire
Maria Del Rey
When young actress Sarah Kowalski accepts a role to play the part of a strict dominatrix, some firsthand research is called for. She is introduced to the mysterious Dominique, who ...
The Beast in the Jungle
Henry James
'Something or other lay in wait for him, amid the twists and turns of the months and the years, like a crouching beast in the jungle.'Henry James's devastating and profoundly movin...
Steels Ehre
Iain Gale & Dr. Holger Hanowell
Bayern, 1704. Höchstädt an der Donau: Die entscheidende Schlacht des Spanischen Erbfolgekriegs steht bevor. Auf der einen Seite die Briten unter John Churchill, Herzog von Marlboro...
Where My Feet Fall
Duncan Minshull
The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022Where can a walk take you?It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise ou...
The London Ritz Book of Christmas
Jennie Reekie
Christmas at The Ritz London, with the choir singing carols in the opulent Palm Court and the Long Gallery lined with Christmas trees, is a glorious celebration of this ageold fest...
The Mango Orchard
Robin Bayley
As a child, Robin Bayley was enchanted by his grandmother's stories of Mexican adventures: of bandits, wild jungle journeys, hidden bags of silver and a narrow escape from the bloo...
Sureforce
Phil Votel
Workingclass Manchester: a seedy underworld populated in part by rough, butch security guards and clubowners. Amongst its denizens is Matt, recently discharged from Her Majesty'...
Anarchy
Megan DeVos
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