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- ISBN 9781918428032
- Dimensions: 134 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Brown Dog Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Douglas has PSP – Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He’s terminal. Resigned to his fate, with only Death on his mind, he tries to live out his days, isolating himself as far as possible – except for Colin. Yet his fragile shell collapses when he collides with Sally, a widowed GP, her neurosurgeon daughter, Emma, and her husband, David, an eminent KC. Everything changes, everything stays the same. Teaching civility to hooray Henrys, smug street preachers, cheery priests, karaoke, and stand-up comedy combine to alter everyone’s world in ways they could never have imagined.
The right to die, the demands of organised religion, the failure of pusillanimous politicians, the struggle of modern medicine to defeat a vicious, entirely unforgiving disease are all placed under a merciless microscope as Douglas – with a little help from his friends – goes none too quietly into that good night.
Andrew Cobb, born in London in 1953, taught History and Politics for 37 years. Educated at Emanuel School, and the Universities of Lancaster and Bristol, he lives in Bath with Rachel, restores wooden furniture, and walks Douggie, a Labrador-Dachshund cross. Circling the Drain is his third novel. When not writing, he plays backgammon, bridge, and table tennis.
