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Morning All Day
Front cover of the paperback edition of Morning All Day, 1997
Front cover of paperback edition (Vintage, 1998)
AuthorChris Paling
GenreFiction
PublisherJonathan 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]

Synopsis

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

Publication History

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

Reception

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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

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  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.