When Clifford Stilton dies, his son gene crams his carefully kept diaries into a hall cupboard. But Clifford's words have too much life in them to be ignored, and start to permeate his family's world. "In a Fishbone Church" tells the story of three generations of the Stilton family, woven together with brilliance and subtlety, spanning continents and decades. From the Berlin rave scene to the Canterbury duck season, from the rural 1950's to the cosmopolitan present, five vivid lives cohere in a deeply affecting and exhilirating novel. "Catherine Chidgey is a wonderful new talent, and "In a Fisbone Church" marks the beginning of what promises to be a glorious literary career". - Nick Hornby. "Warm, wit, descriptive delicacy and understated emotional intensity ...as subtle as a breath". - "Time Out".
- ISBN10 0330371800
- ISBN13 9780330371803
- Publish Date 21 January 2000 (first published 1 May 1998)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 8 November 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 272
- Language English