Ease: A gentle, quirky novel of 1980s London and English eccentrics

Patrick Gale

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The second, character-filled 1980s novel of London and quirky English eccentrics from the bestselling author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER

'A huge treat' Daily Mail

Domina Tey is a playwright, celebrated by friends, her husband, and the public alike, yet she fears losing her vital edge. Her solution: to leave her beautiful home in Bristol and seek adventure in a squalid, crumbling West London bedsit, where she will live under an assumed name with only her typewriter for companionship.

However, once installed, Domina just can't resist meddling in the business of others, forgetting that blurring fact with fiction can be a dangerous game...

'Patrick Gale is among the great, unsung English novelists. Think Austen, Hardy, Murdoch. Remarkable' Independent

What readers have said about EASE:

'I loved it and think it's the book of his I have most enjoyed. Beautifully crafted and interesting characters, with Patrick Gale's usual easy-to-read prose' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Early Patrick Gale, humour with consequences. Lovely book which can be read in one sitting on a winter's day in front of a roaring fire' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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Praise for Ease: A gentle, quirky novel of 1980s London and English eccentrics

  • Gale is a master at getting under the skins of his characters and revealing the undercurrents that drive apparently ordinary lives - Mail on SundayCaptivating. A novel that pleads to be read at a single sitting - Publishers WeeklyA quick-thinking book by an author who has something to say - Guardian

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Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight and now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Place Called Winter, Take Nothing With You and Mother's Boy. His BBC 'Queer Britannia' television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 and won an International Emmy Award.

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