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Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger

By: Catherine Cookson
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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Known for the wit of her writing, in her lifetime Catherine Cookson became the UK's most widely read novelist. When the Cookson Estate discovered the unpublished manuscript of Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger in the attic of her home, they unearthed a gem for Cookson's many fans.

Gravedigger John Gascoigne lives in Downfell Hurst with his wife, Florrie, their three children and his mother, Gran. John is a deep thinker but extremely taciturn - a man of few words and many grunts. Which is why everyone is alarmed when he's hit on the head by a cricket ball, and it suddenly seems as if the words won't stop. What's more, he says he is talking to Saint Christopher - only no one else can see the saint, and they're beginning to worry John's not quite right in the head...

Mad or not, John has some secrets he's been keeping. But if he can't stop talking, they won't stay secret for long.

©2017 The Trustees of the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Satire Comedy
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it was not Catherine Cookson usual style. didn't enjoy it as much as her other books. but was still enjoyable

different

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Brilliant she has never disappointed.. There is always a twist in the telling. Well worth a read. Well read

Saint Christopher and the gravedigger.

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This was fantastic couldn't stop listening it was enthralling funny and entertaining brilliant read highly recommend

Great

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Fantastic book not your usual story line but great listening a very different Catherine Cookson

Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger

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Disappointing not what I expect from a Catherine Cook on novel.

I adore her period novels but this was not at all what I expected.

Disappointing

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