Driving In The Dark
  • Published: 15 November 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099479826
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $26.99

Driving In The Dark

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A funny and moving novel about a man at the crossroads of his life, from the widely-celebrated, bestselling author of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

From the bestselling author of Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Desmond never did have much luck with women - except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison - until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.
  • Published: 15 November 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099479826
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $26.99
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About the author

Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach is the author of many successful novels including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which was made into a top-grossing film starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. Her screenplays include the film of Pride and Prejudice, which was nominated for a BAFTA. She lives in Wales.

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Also by Deborah Moggach

Something to Hide
Tulip Fever
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel
Because I am a Girl
In the Dark
The Ex-Wives
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Praise for Driving In The Dark

Poignant and funny... Deborah Moggach is brilliant at capturing just the right voice for her characters

Cosmopolitan

Disturbing and witty...a deftly-described odyssey that places the battle of the sexes in a new arena

Sunday Times

Moggach, for the purposes of this book, has turned herself into a bloke. His monologue throughout strikes me as totally authentic, but not only does Moggach get his lingo right, she thinks through his head, dramatizing his confusion, decency, wit, pain and determination. This is not just ventriloquism, but empathy so complete as to be phenomenal

Irish Times

Acutely funny and sad

Mail on Sunday