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Philip Franks

Philip Franks is an English actor and theatre director. Philip was born in London and first fell in love with theatre at age six, when his parents took him along to see a production of The Tempest. The following year, he insisted on going with them again to see a production of Hamlet, and at age seven, he was hooked for life. Philip is perhaps best known for his roles as tax inspector Cedric 'Charley' Charlton in the British sitcom The Darling Buds of May, and Sgt. Raymond Craddock on Heartbeat. He has also made guest appearances in Absolutely Fabulous, Pie in the Sky, Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War.

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Title:

The American Lover (MP3)

Written by:

Rose Tremain 

Read by:

Juliet Stevenson; Liza Ross; Ric Jerrom; Philip Franks; Jilly Bond; Kate Rawson 

Format:

Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

1 

Duration:

6 hours 13 minutes 

MP3 size:

257 MB 

Published:

January 01 2016 

Available Date:

January 01 2016 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781486298938 

Genres:

Fiction; Short Stories & Anthologies 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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AUD$ 39.95

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'A seemingly effortless performance ... the writing glides along, elegantly dropping details that suggest a whole way of life.'
The Sunday Times

A seductive collection of stories from a magnificent storyteller.

Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster’s cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter’s demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor. Rose Tremain awakens the senses in this diverse collection of short stories. In her precise yet sensuous style she lays bare the soul of her characters – the admirable, the embarrassing, the unfulfilled, the sexy and the adorable – to uncover a dazzling range of human emotions and desires.

'With a keen ear for dialogue and restless changes of scene, she shows desire and disappointment to be universal, timeless emotions.'
The Sunday Telegraph

'Powerful, involving, wide-ranging collection.'
The Guardian

'Even in the most melancholy stories, Tremain delivers slivers of hope or humour to temper the tragedies. Fallibility is levelling rather than depressing and this collections highlights with subtlety and grace just how human it is to get things wrong.'
The Daily Telegraph