A Day in Summer

"A Day in Summer" is the first novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1963. The story is set in the fictional village of Great Minden where Peplow arrives to seek retribution for the death of his son.

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name = A Day in Summer
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image_caption = Dust jacket of first edition - 1963
author = J.L. Carr
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Fiction
publisher = Barrie and Rockliff
release_date = 1963
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 219
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followed_by = A Season in Sinji

Carr started the novel as a part of written work for classes of the Workers Educational Association and described it as his most technically ambitious novel, so it was "foolhardy to start with". Carr, J.L. (1991) "The Passport Interview". Huntingdon, Cambridge: Passport magazine, issue 2. ] Carr sent duplicate copies of the novel to publishers to consider and it was accepted by both the 7th and 8th publishers at the same time. The publishers paid an advance of £50 for the novel. Carr, J.L. (1983) A double life in literature. "The Author" Vol 44, No 4, pages 102 - 104. ]

A film version of the novel was made in 1989, with screenplay by Alan Plater and starring Peter Egan, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions, Jill Bennett and Ian Carmichael.

The novel is now published by The Quince Tree Press, the publishing house established by Carr to publish his maps and small books.

Publication history

* 1963 Barrie and Rockliff
* 1973 Quartet Books, ISBN 070431066X
* 1986 The Hogarth Press, ISBN 0701206462
* 1994 "Un jour en été" Actes Sud, ISBN 978-2-7427-0206-0
* 2003 The Quince Tree Press, ISBN 1904016073

References

External links

* [http://www.quincetreepress.co.uk Quince Tree Press]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097160/ IMDB entry for the film of "A Day in Summer"]